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"She's that contrary she would argey with a signpost."

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"You're lyin' there like a churn a-dryin'."

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"She's just two sheets in the wind."

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"Any chance o' yer washin'?"(Would you consider matrimony?)

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"If your mother was still alive it would kill her." (comment about some dreadful event.)

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"Is anybody readin' that paper you're sittin' on?"

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"Ye cudden warm till thon boy."

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"He would make you believe horse dung was lemons."

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"She would clean your clock."

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"She's too sweet to be wholesome."

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"That one could see under a boul."

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"If God spares me I'd like to be buried here."

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"Would you like a cup o' tea?"
"Well, all right, but just a wee drap in my han"."

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"She's niver aff batter."

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