Explore "The Auld Farmer's New-Year-Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare, Maggie" by Robert Burns on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
On giving her the accustomed ripp of corn to hansel in the New Year.
A Guid New-year I wish thee, Maggie! / Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie: / Tho' thou's howe-backit now, an' knaggie, / I've seen the day / Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie, / Out-owre the lay.