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Take it a' to pay the merchant Take the bite and the buffet wi't                 Take a pint and 'gree, the law's costly Take your ain will, and then ye'll no die o' the pet Take your venture as mony a good ship has done Take your thanks to feed the cat Take a man by his word and a cow by her horn Take a hair of the dog that bites you Take me not up before I fa' Tell nae tales out o' the school That's a tale of twa drinks That's but ae doctor's opinion That's for the father but no for the son That's for that, as butter's for fish That's my tale, where's yours That's the piece a step-bairn never got The auld iver may die waiting for new grass The back and the belly hauds every ane busy The better day the better deed The book of May-Bees is very braid The bains of a great estate are worth the piking The cure may be worse than the disease The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew The first fuf of a fat haggis is aye the baldest The feathers bear away the flesh The grey mare may be the best horse The greatest clerks are not the wisest men The happy man canna be herried The higher up the greater fa' The king's errand may come in the cadger's gate; The lazy man's the beggar's brother The lucky pennyworth sells soonest The langest day will have an end The laird may be laird and need his hind's help The mair ye greet the less ye'll pish The mair the merrier, the fewer the better cheer