Show COW HAD STIRRUP CUP and wise old ba I 1 e dec ded it need net be pa d for A forfar story Is related by sir walter scott in his notes to waverley A an alewife in forfar had brewed her peck of malt ancl set the liquor out of doors to cool the cow of a neighbor of A chanced to come by and seeing the good beverage was al lured to taste it and finally to drink it up when A came to take in her liquor she found the tub empty and from the cow s staggering and staring so as to betray her intemperance she easily divined the mode in which her browst had disappeared to take revenge on crummie s ribs with a stick was her first effort the roaring of the cow brought her master who re rated with his angry neighbor and received in reply a demand for the value of the ale which crummie had drunk up refused payment and was conveyed before the ballie or sitting magistrate he heard the cage patiently and then demanded of the plaintiff A whether the cow had sat down to her potation or taken it standing 7 the plaintiff answered she had not seen the deed committed but she supposed the cow drank the ale standing on her feet adding that had she been near she would have made her use them to some burpoe the ballie on this ad mission solemnly adjudged the cow a drink to the deochan dons a stirrup cup for which no charge could be made without violating the ancient hospitality of scotland j |