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• Let a man only see his brither or his mither, or his faither, on the high road to destruction wi' drink, an' he'll change his opeenion aboot moderate drinkin'--at least for hard drinkers--ay, an' he'll change his practice too, unless he iss ower auld, or his stamick, like Timothy's, canna git on withoot it. —  The Eagle Cliff
• "I am too old, mither, and--and too queer Too old! —  Pirate Gold
• I ken Mag weel for a thrifty, respectable woman, as her mither was afore her, and so I said to Gavin when he came to speir me Ay, mony a pirn has 'Lisbeth filled to me," said Hendry, settling down to a reminiscence No to be ower hard on Gavin," continued Tammas, forestalling Hendry, "he took what I said in guid part; but aye when I stopped speakin' to draw breath, he says, 'The queistion is, will ye come wi' me?' —  A Window in Thrums
• Up to the time he was twal year auld he had been a kent face in that part, for his mither was a Cullew woman called Mag Sandys, ay, and a single woman. —  Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood
• Ye can du naething for him, wi' that face o' his, but oot comes the trouth as to the father o' 'im; an' it wadna be lang afore the tale was ekit oot wi' the name o' his mither--Mistress Catanach wad see to that, gien 'twas only to spite me--an' I wunna hae my Grizel ca'd what she is not for ony lord's dauchter i' the three kynriks What does it matter, now she's dead and gone?" —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875

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