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Date Posted: 01:12:53 05/09/01 Wed
Author: Nancy
Author Host/IP: spider-wi081.proxy.aol.com / 205.188.197.56
Subject: Highland Mentality

Highland mentality:

A drover, fresh from the highlands, had no knowledge of ebb tides. He arrived on day at the Craig Peir, with a flock of sheep, intending to cross over to Fife. It being low tide, the captain told him to wait for an hour, "as he would not have enough water to float from the pier."

"Och, man! If ye dinna hae water enough in the sea, where will ye get it?"
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A servant accompanied his master to Italy. But when the servant was asked what he would do with an estate there if he owned one, the servant replied, "Please your honour, I would sell it, and buy a farm in Lochaber."
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Two highlanders were traveling along the side of a quarry with the bonnet of one was blown off and down to a ledge in the quarry.

The larger of the two highland men suggested he dangle the smaller man down the cliff with a rope to fetch the hat. And soon enough the smaller highlander was at the ledge with hat in hand.

When the smaller highlander called to his friend to haul him up again he received this reply, "Hold a moment, Jock, till I get a pipe lit." at the same moment letting go his hold of the rope.

Fortunately there was enough water in the quarry below to break the fall of his friend dangling from the rope.

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Two highlanders were lying in a field when one turned to the other, "Sleeping, Torval?"

"No Duncan," was the ready answer.

"Then would you lend me ten shilling?"

"I'm sleeping now," came the reply.

Nancy

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