Extract From a Scotchman's Diary.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 292, 16 June 1896, Page 2

Extract From a Scotchman's Diary.

In the good old days, before the imposition of the whisky doty by the tyrannical Southron. Monday.— A half gill to wash awa' the effects o' a dry sermon, id. Midday, a gill to wet ma lips for dog-whustlin', being oot after the sheep, Id ; foregatherin* wi' the neibors, two gills, 3d ; mair dogwhustling, a gill, Id. Tuesday. — A wet mornin,' a gill, Id (there being some holes in ma plaid) ; dog-whustlin' through the day, twa gills, 2d ; consolin' wi' Jock Macdonald ower the loss o' his wife, four gills, 4d. Wednesday.— Market day, foregather. mV sax gills, 6d ; dog whustlin', twa gills, 2d ; gills wi' folk I had nae mind o' whatever, 4d ; gill wi' the man that sang Auld Lang Syne, Id. Thursday. — A gill to try and bring to mind whaur I peeled ma knuckles in a poleetical argument, Id ; introducing Jock Macdonald to a likely lass to mak' his second wife, twa gills 2d; sundry dog-whustlin's, twa gills, 2d. Friday. — Amang the sheep ; fortifyin' mysel' for Jock Macdonald's wife's funeral in the afternoon, twa gills, 3d ; anither on the road to keep mysel' frae greetin' ower the puir body, Id ; dogwhustlin', Id ; the funeral, sax gills, 6d. Saturday.— To keep the mist oot o* my' plaid (the holes no bein' mendit yet), a gill, Id ; givm' in the banns foe Jock Macdonald's marriage, fower gills, 4d ; dog-whuathn's and foregatharin'a \ three gills, 3d. & Sunday.— The Sawbath Day ; a wee drap to clear ma throat for cryin' on ma dog, a gill, Id ; anither drap at McLuekie's when the bells were ringin, for the kirk, Id ; and some brandy so as no to be talrin the smell o' whisky in the Lord's Hoose, 2d ; a drap to digest the sermon,. two gills, 2d. '