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A Country Woman sent her Son Three or Four Miles off to her Landlords House with a New-Years-Gift upon New Years-day, where the Boy was never before, and being in the Kitchin, he there saw a Dog turning of the Spit, which was it seems a strange thing to the Boy; so he stood loy∣tring to stare upon that and other fine things which he saw there, that he staid it seems longer than ordinary; for which his Mother beat him lustily when he came home:
O Mother, says he, if you had been there, you would have stay'd as long as I, for it would have done your heart good to see how a Dog in a Wheel did spin Roast-Meat: Nay Mother he did reel too, that is when he was weary, which was much Mother to see a Dog spin and reel; I am sure 'twas more than our Maid Jone could do when she came to you first. Now Mo∣ther I hope chave sartified you, and when I go thither agen, if I should stay long, pray Mother don't beat me agen.