But an ben

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A but an ben is a kynd o wee hoos maistly uised fur poor fowk sich as crofters an the lik. But an bens wid maistly hae been big o dry stane wi a thached ruif o staw. This kynd o biggen wis mastly biggit affore the stert o the twentieth cetuary an is aa but obsilete as a wey o buildin noo.