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"text": "Having afterwards resolved upon renewing the armament, they instructed the Dean of Guild \" to sell the auld pieces callit heidsticks being in the steeple to the gritest avail, and wair and bestow the money gotten therefor upon sufficient yetling ordinance to the common use of the burgh.\"",
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"ref": "1859, Jane Anne Winscom, Onward: or, The mountain Clamberers : a Tale of Progress, page 43",
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"ref": "1859, Jane Anne Winscom, Onward: or, The mountain Clamberers : a Tale of Progress, page 43",
"text": "Mother had lifted the yetling off the fire, and left it there,\" pointing to the middle of the room ; \" and she comes running along and tumbles in.",
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},
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},
{
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