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 case during thaw, it is difficult to trace footprints.

You are all one family, akin to the Scottish expression, " Ye're a' ae 'oo."

is applied to one given to exaggeration.

It is uncomfortable when the roof drops, but worse when the foundations let in water. Hence, it's hard to endure two evils. Another old saying shows that such is often the lot of man, for

Akin to “It's ill to get breeks aff o' a Hielanman.”

Here springs refer to music, and the inference is that one gets tired of what they have often heard.