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He brings a ftaff ta break his ain head. He fells twa dogs wi’ ae ftane. He had his finger in the pye. He has a bee in his bannet lug. He has nae as muckle fenfe as a cow can hand in her faulded nive. He has need of a lang fpoon that fups wi’ the deil. He has a flid grip that has an eel by the tail He kens na a B by a ball’s foot. He'll foon be a beggar that fay Nay. He loo’d mutton weel that licked where the ewe iay. He may weel fwim that has his head hadden up. He never lies but when the hollin's green. He needs maun rin that the deil drives, He's wife that kens whan he’s weel, and can. haud himfelf fae. He’s an Aberdeen’s man, takes his word again. He's like a flea in a blanket. He’s no fae daft as he lets on. He's a wife bairn tha kens his ain father. He's unca fou in his ain houfe that canna pick a bane in his neeborr's He’s a proud horfe that winna bear his ain provender.