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Ay! it said something for them, deils 'at they war, 'at they preferred the swine.

From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George

By some auld, houlet-haunted biggin, Or kirk deserted by its riggin, It’s ten to one ye’ll find him snug in Some eldritch part, Wi’ deils, they say, L—d save’s! colleaguin’ At some black art.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

The ladies arm-in-arm in clusters, As great and gracious a’ as sisters; But hear their absent thoughts o’ ither, They’re a’ run deils and jads thegither.

From The Real Robert Burns by Hughes, J. L.

The Ladies arm-in-arm in clusters, As great and gracious a’ as sisters; But hear their absent thoughts o’ ither, They’re a’ run deils an’ jads thegither.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

By some auld, houlet-haunted biggin, Or kirk deserted by its riggin, It's ten to ane ye'll find him snug in Some eldritch part, Wi' deils, they say, Lord save's! colleaguin' At some black art.

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell