(Can we date this quote?), Gene Stratton-Porter, Freckles:
"I've been thinking this long time that ye or Duncan would see that sunbonnets werena braw enough for a woman of my standing, and ye're a guid laddie to bring me this beautiful hat."
1912, J.M. Barrie, Tommy and Grizel:
Corp's face shone, but Gavinia said at once, "You werena sic great friends as that; were you, man?"