'Unknown Tongue.'—During the I<"* French war, two old ladies in Stranraer ff#B going to the kirk, the one said to the otli^l .'Was it no a . wonderfu' thing that m Breetish. wereaye,victorious ower.the Frert! in battle? 3 'Not a bit,' said the other M lady, ' diiina ye ken the Breetish aye s!l their prayers before ga'iirinto battle f other replied, ' Oanna the French say $M prayers as weel ?'• - - The reply. was most cW racteristic, '".HoQt, jabbering. bodies, could understan 3! them?.'- r; I
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Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 73, 31 August 1865, Page 4
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