Part 55 (1/2)

”Though he bans ie his birn a hitch, an' help To ease him o' 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 circunifying 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 wasthat a circumstance was of so little iude bow, but it's i' the castle

Satirically res 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 i'en a stick to breakwhich will be to otten an ill ka, and ne'er gae thehty maid to them that tell her of an unworthy suitor It alludes to an art a the Scottish reapers, who, if their broth be too hot, can throw the 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 s 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 tooood an article throay Applied disparagingly to any article in question