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They that do not mind corn pickles never come to forpits.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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He that doesna mind corn pickles never comes to forpits.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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` ` Ye may say that --- Miss Damahoy, and I ken o 'them that hae gotten raisins frae Lunnon by forpits at ance,' responded
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Do not slit the quill up too high, it's a wastrife course in your trade, Andrew -- they that do not mind corn - pickles, never come to forpits.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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“Ye may say that — Miss Damahoy, and I ken o’ them that hae gotten raisins frae Lunnon by forpits at ance,” responded Plumdamas; “and then sic an host of idle English gaugers and excisemen as hae come down to vex and torment us, that an honest man canna fetch sae muckle as a bit anker o’ brandy frae Leith to the Lawnmarket, but he’s like to be rubbit
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Do not slit the quill up too high, it’s a wastrife course in your trade, Andrew — they that do not mind corn-pickles, never come to forpits.
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