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It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in't              It is a sign of a hale heart that riſts at the rumple It is a sair field where a's slain It is a silly flock where the ewe bears the bell It is a silly hen that canna scrape for ae bird It is a tight tree that has neither knap nor gaw, It is a' tint that is done to auld folks and bairns It is but kindly that the pock sa'r of the herring It is better to sup with a cutty than want a spoon It is by the head that the cow gies milk It is good maut that comes a will It is good gear that pleases the merchant It is good baking beside the meal It is good sleeping in a hale skin It is good to be out of harm's gate It is good to be sib to siller It is hard to sit in Rome and strive with the Pope It is hard to please a' parties It is hard baith to have and want It is ill getting breeks aff a bare arse It is ill bringing butt what's no ben It is ill shooting at crobies and clergy It is kittle to wauken sleeping dogs It is needless to pour water on a drown'd mouse It is not tint that a friend gets It is not what is she, but what has she It is past jouking when the head's aff It is weel war'd that wasters want It is weel that our fauts are no written on our face It is the best spake in your wheel It keeps his nose at the grindstane It will be a feather out of your wing It is never for naething that the glade whistles

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Keep something for a sair foot Keep your tongue within your teeth Keep the feast to the feast day