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efore, I wo'd keep my} {and my } {and play the fool no more.'" --_Kelly._ Let-a-be for let-a-be. "Mutual forbearance."--_Jamieson._ Let ae deil dang anither. An expression of indifference at two bad persons quarrelling. Let a horse drink what he will, but no when he will. Let alane maks mony a loon. "Let a' trades live," quo' the wife when she burnt her besom. Let aye the bell'd wether break the snaw. A "bell'd wether" is a ram with a bell round its neck; and the proverb means that a difficult or dangerous undertaking should be led by a person of experience. Let folk bode weel, and do their best. Let him cool in the skin he het in. Let him drink as he has brewen. Let by-ganes be by-ganes. "'Hout, ay,' said Elliot, 'just let by-ganes be by-ganes, and a' friends again; deil ane I bear malice at but Westburnflat, and I hae gi'en him baith a het skin and a cauld ane.'"--_The Black Dwarf._ Let him haud the bairn that's aught the bairn. Let him ride his ain horse wi' his ain hauding. Let him tak a spring on his ain fiddle. Let him tak his fling, and he'll find oot his ain weight. Let him that's cauld blaw the ingle. Let him that pays the lawin' choose the lodging. "'I dinna ken, sir,' she replied in a dry _reveche_ tone, which carried me back twenty years, 'I am nane of thae heartsome landleddies that can tell country cracks, and make themsells agreeable; and I was ganging to pit on a fire for you in the red room; but if it is your will to stay here, he that pays the lawing maun choose the lodging.'"--_The Highland Widow._ Let his ain wand ding him. Let ilka ane roose the ford as they find it. That is, let every one speak of a thing as he finds it. Let ilka ane soop before their ain door. Let ilka cock fight his ain battle. Let ilka herring hing by its ain head. Let ilka man soop the ice wi' his ain besom. Let ilka sheep hang by its ain shank. Let ilka tub stand on its ain bottom. Let na the plough stand to kill a mouse. Do not quit or neglect an important matter to look after trifles. Let ne'er your gear owergang ye. Never let your wealth make you give way to pride, or forget your old friends. Let never sorrow come sae near your heart. Let sleeping dogs lie. Let that flee stick to the wa'.
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