Maggie.had her full share of Scots prudence and economy. She had worn her old bonnet so long, that some neighbours offered to get a new one for her. They asked her if she would prefer straw or silk as material. “Weel, replied Maggie, “since ye insist on giein me a bonnet, I think I’ll take a straw one; it will, maybe, just be a mouthful for the coo when I’m through with it.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1938, Page 8
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