"Age! I dinnae ken!"

"Age! I dinnae ken!"

"Don't know your age?"

"Don't know your age?"

"Naw, but I wis born the year that the auld chap wis sent tae Peterheid."

"Naw, but I wis born the year that the auld chap wis sent tae Peterheid."

"Oh, what was that for?"

"Oh, what was that for?"

"Knockin' lumps aff the auld wife's heid wi' a poker."

"Knockin' lumps aff the auld wife's heid wi' a poker."

"Very well, we'll say you're nineteen," added the sergeant. "Now, what's your religion?"

"Very well, we'll say you're nineteen," added the sergeant. "Now, what's your religion?"

"The Salvation Army. Ye see, the auld chap kept in wi' them, for they gie him a bed when he's 'on the bash.'"

"The Salvation Army. Ye see, the auld 

 

chap kept in wi' them, for they gie him a bed when he's 'on the bash.'"

"And what's your occupation?"

"And what's your occupation?"

"Cornet-player. I blaw the trumpet, an' the auld chap gies oot the balloons and candy."

"Cornet-player. I blaw the trumpet, an' the auld chap gies oot the balloons and candy."

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