books.google.co.uk - 1888. A wonderful collection of Scottish Anecdotes. One example is A Good Excuse: A case was called in the Court of Session one day, when the agent for one of the parties asked for a delay in the trial, alleging as a reason that the wife of his client was dead. Ay, Mr. X, said the judge, that_s a grand...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Book_of_Scottish_Anecdote.html?id=FPblQm5UjZAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Book of Scottish Anecdote
