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 8 He brings a ftaff to break his ain head He comes aftner with the rake than the fhool 245 He complains early that complains of his kail He cares na whase bairn greet if his laugh He can fay Jo and think it no He can hide his meat and feek mair He can fee an inch before his nose 250 He does na aye ride when he faddles his horse He fells twa dogs wi ae ftane He gat his kail in a riven difh He has gotten the boot and the better beaft He has miekle prayer but little devotion 255 He has come to good by misguiding He has an eye in his neck He has a bee in his bonnet lug He has gotten a bite o' his ain bridle He has the beft end of the ftring 260 He has’t of kind, he coft it not He has feather’d his neft he may flee when he lik He has cowped the mickle difh into the little He has gotten the whip hand of him He has licket the butter aff my bread 265 He has a crap for a’ corn He kens na a B by a bull’s foot He kens whilk side his cake is bttuered on He ll no let grafs grow at his heels He’ll gie you the whiftle of your groat 270 He'll tell’t to nae mair than he meets He’ll make an ill runner that canna gang He’ll wag as the bufh wags He ll foon be a beggar that canna fay nae He may well fwim that has his head hadden up 275 He maun be foon up that cheats the tod He made a moon-light flitting He may find faut that canna mend He may laugh that winna He never lies but when the Holin’screen 280 He rides ficker that never fa’s He’s a fool that, forgets himsel He's gane to the dog-drave He’s born deaf on that side of the head He’s auld, and cauld, and ill to lie beside