Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?
Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.
But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.
The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.
Burns' Hog-Weighing Method: (1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a sawhorse. (2) Put the hog on one end of the plank. (3) Pile rocks on the other end until the plank is again perfectly balanced. (4) Carefully guess the weight of the rocks.