- 'O whare are ye gaun?' Says the false knight upon the road: 'I am gaun to the schule,' Says the wee boy, and still he stood.
- 'Wha's aught the sheep on yonder hill?' 'They are my papa's and mine.'
- 'How many of them's mine?' 'A' them that has blue tails.'
- 'I wish you were in yonder well:' 'And you were down in hell.'