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CG-NL.771.080
20 Dec 1771:12,13 (9/423)
London, Sept. We hear from Castlecary, that a few weeks ago
a young man who had been paying his addresses to a young
woman, for two years by past, at length obtained her consent
to marry him; in consequence of which she immediately set
out for Falkirk in order to procure provisions & other
necessaries for the wedding, which she forwarded in a great
profusion; and next day she set off attended by all her
friends and neighbours to the number of 50 or more, to meet
the bridegroom, who, on their approach, suddenly altered his
mind, slipt out at the back door, and run off into the
adjacent woods. The bride, no-ways moved at this
disappointment, immediately dispatched some of her friends
to the woods in a quest of him, and in the meantime ordered
the music to play up, "Because he was a bonny Lad, I bid him
come again." Finding on their return that the bride-groom
could not be found, she concluded the entertainment with
uncommon spirit, by leading down a country dance, to the
tune of "I lost my love and I carena." The company were so
taken with the bride's surprising gaiety on this trying
occasion, that they raised a handsome subscription for her.
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