Chapter 8

Yule's come and Yule's gane, And we have feasted weel; Sae Jock mun to his flail again. And Jenny to her wheel.

Transcriber's Notes:

A number of the poems contain archaic and varied spelling. This has been left as printed, with the exception of the following few printer errors:

Page 84--plater'd amended to plaster'd--"And plaster'd round with amber."

Page 86--tyran's amended to tyrant's--"The tyrant's sword with blood is all defiled,"

Page 89--wind-winter amended to mid-winter--"In the bleak mid-winter Long ago."

Page 204--Iæan amended to Idæan--"They say, was nourisht by th' Idæan Mayd;"

Page 207--ore clamMorous amended to More clamorous--"More clamorous; and through the frosted air,"

The frontispiece illustrations has been moved to follow the title page. Captions have been added from the List of Illustrations.