"Whit's for ma birthday, Faither?"
"A wee roon whustle wi a naethin oan the end...."

"As quate as Aiberdeen oan a flag day--"
"As fu' as a bliddy monkey--sprauchle't oan his back like a coupit yowe in the glaur".
"Black as the earl o'Hell's waistcoat"

" A face like a skelpit erse.."