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his pain."--_Poems in the Buchan Dialect._ I had but little butter, an' that I coost on the coals. Said by a person who has been reduced either in circumstances, or in the possession of a particular article, signifying that even the little that was left had been allowed either by carelessness or accident to slip through his fingers. I had nae mind that I was married, my bridal was sae feckless. Meaning that a circumstance was of so little importance that no notice was taken of it. I hae a gude bow, but it's i' the castle. Satirically remarked of those who pretend that they could do great things if they had some article by them, but which they know very well is not near at hand. I hae a Scotch tongue in my head--if they speak I'se answer. I hae baith my meat and my mense. I hae gi'en a stick to break my ain head. Engaged in an undertaking which will be to my own disadvantage. I hae gotten an ill kame for my ain hair. I hae had better kail in my cog, and ne'er gae them a keytch. "The return of a haughty maid to them that tell her of an unworthy suitor. It alludes to an art among the Scottish reapers, who, if their broth be too hot, can throw them up into the air, as they turn pancakes, without losing one drop of them."--_Kelly._ I hae ither fish to fry. I hae ither tow on my rock. That is, I have other work to do. I hae mair dogs than I hae banes for. I hae mair to do than a dish to wash. That is, I have work of importance to do. I hae muckle to do, and few to do for me. I hae my back to the wa': if I dinna slip I'll no fa'. A saying expressive of a feeling of confidence or security. I hae seen as fu' a haggis toom'd on the midden. Or as good an article thrown away. Applied disparagingly to any article in question. I hae seen mair snaw on ae dike, than now on seven. I hae seen mair than I hae eaten, else ye wadna be here. A sharp retort to those who doubt a statement of which the narrator has had ocular demonstration. I hae taen the sheaf frae the mare. I hae the Bible, an' there's no a better book in a' your aught. I hae tint the staff I herded wi'. I have lost the support I depended upon. I hae twa holes in my head, an' as mony windows. "I hate 'bout gates," quo' the wife when she haurl'd her man through the ingle. Meaning that she approves of straightfo
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