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A volume gathers short chapbook tales, songs, ballads, and comic sketches rendered in Scots vernacular that depict courtships, domestic quarrels, funerals, practical jokes, and mock-sermons. Its pieces alternate dialogue-driven episodes and lyrical or satirical interludes, showcasing local customs, superstitions, gossip, and the foibles of everyday folk. Interspersed are parodic catechisms, epitaphs, and humorous wills, with a glossary to aid readers; the tone ranges from bawdy humour to affectionate caricature of small‑town life.
[The edition reprinted from here is ‘the tenth edition,’ as the title page bears. The full title is:—‘The Young Coal-Man’s Courtship to a Creel-Wife’s Daughter, or, a Dialogue between an Old Woman and her Son: wherein she instructs him in the Real Art of Courtship. Very beneficial for blate Wooers or young Beginners. The Tenth Edition. Containing all its Three Parts. Glasgow: Printed and sold by J. & J. Robertson, MDCCLXXXII.’ It is a 16 pp. 12mo.]