_Sources._--MacDougal, _Waifs and Strays_, III. ix. pp. 216-21.
_Parallels._--Campbell, _West Highland Tales_, "The Master and the Man,"
iii. 288-92.
_Remarks._--I need scarcely suggest the identification of the Ploughman
with the----. As usual in folk-tales, that personage does not get the
best of the bargain. The rustic Faust evades his contract by a direct
appeal to the higher powers. This is probably characteristic of Scotch
piety.