Burns, in his "Address to the Deil," makes his witches "skim the muirs and dizzy crags" on "rag-bred nags" with "wicked speed."

The wind blew as 't wad blawn its last: The rattling showers rose on the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness swallowed; Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellowed: That night, a child might understand, The Deil had business on his hand.

The swats sae reamed in Tammie's noddle, Fair play, he cared na deils a boddle.

in a fortnight or less The Deil tak his taste to gae near her!

Deil, devil.

Such poems as "The Cotter's Saturday Night," "To a Mouse," "To Mountain Daisy," "Man was Made To Mourn," "The Twa Dogs," "Address to the Deil," and "Halloween," suggest that the whole spirit of the romantic revival is embodied in this obscure plowman.

The village people, shaking their heads over us and our probable end, used to say, "They're a' bad, but the lassie (meaning me) is the verra deil."

"The deil has risen again from the grave where he was buried in Kirkcaldy," was the reply, with a laugh.

"The deil's in the woman," was the sharp retort, as the writer opened his eyes wider than he had done since he laid down his parchments.

"The deil's in me or no in me," said she; "but this I'm sure of, that Henrietta Hislopthat's our Henney, ye kenthe brawest and bonniest lass in Toddrick's Wynd (and that's no saying little), is the lawful heiress of Mr. John Napier of Eastleys, and was called Henrietta after her mother.

Dundee he is mounted, he rides up the street, The bells they ring backward, the drums they are beat, But the Provost (douce man) said, "Just e'en let it be, For the town is well rid o' that deil o' Dundee." Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, etc.

The question was not premised by any invitation to sit down and take a glass of wine or the like, so Mrs. B. answered drily, "Indeed, sir, I cannot just say that ever I had such a party in my house before, except once in the forty-five, when I had a Highland piper here, with his three sons, all Highland pipers; and deil a spring they could play amang them!"Notes to the New Edition of the Waverley Novels.

In coming through a place called the Milsey Bog, I said to him, "Mr. Scott, that's the maddest deil of a beast I ever saw.

"He needs a long spoon they say, who sups with the deil.

The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling showers rose on the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness swallowed; Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellowed: That night, a child might understand, The Deil had business on his hand.

This is a reference often, I fear, too lightly made; but I am not conscious of anything deliberately profane or irreverent in the following: The deil's nae sae ill as he's caa'd.

To the same effect, It's a sin to lee on the deil.

The deil's a busy bishop in his ain diocie.

Raise nae mair deils than ye are able to lay.

When the deil has the dean the kirk will be the better.

Allan Ramsay introduces it in the Gentle Shepherd to express the misery of married life when the first dream of love has passed away: "The 'Deil gaes ower Jock Wabster,' hame grows hell, When Pate misca's ye waur than tongue can tell.

Minister"Na, Janet, deil as muckle as that't ever you saw.

"Weel, hoo the deil do ye ken whether this be the road or no?" This same "Daft Will Speir" was passing the minister's glebe, where haymaking was in progress.

Jock Wabster, 'deil gaes ower,' a proverb.

'The deil a ane shall pray for them on my plaid.'