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 8 Have ye gear have ye nane, tine heart and a’a gane He brings a staff to break his ain head He comes aftner with the rake than the fhool 215 He complains early that complains of his kail He cares na whafe 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 nofe 250 He does na aye ride when he faddles his horfe He fells twa togs wi' ae ftane He gat his kail in a riven difh He has gotten the boot and the better beast He has mickle prayer but little devotion 255 He has come to good by mifguiding He has an eye in his neck He has a bee in his bonnet lug He has gotten a bite of his ain bridle He has the best 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 likes H« 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 fide his cake is buttered on He’ll no let grafs grow at his heels He’ll gie you the whistle of your groat 270 He’ll tdl’t to r.ae tnair 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 wins He never lies but when the Holin’s green 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 fide of the head He’s auld, and cauld, and ill to lie befide