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 18                                           T                      TAKE it a' and pay the merchant Take the bite and buffet we't                     Take a pint and 'gree, the law's costly Take your ain will, and then ye'll no die of the pet Take your venture as mony a good ship has done Take your thanks to feed your cat Take a man by his word and a cow by her horn Take a hair of the dog that bit you Take me not up before I fa' Tell nae tales out of 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 hands every ane busy The better day the better deed The book of May Be's is very braid The banes of a great estate is 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 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 langer we live we see the mae fairlies The lazy man's the baggar'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 ye'll pish the less The mae the merrier, the fewer the better cheer