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 straightforward conduct. Kelly says that the second part is "added only to make it comical."