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When the steed's stown lock the stable door Where the buck's bound there he maun bleet Where the pig's broken let the sherds lie Where the drums beat laws are dumb Wee things flee cowards Wilfu' waste make waefu' want Wiles help weak fowk Will a wit strive with me? Winter thunder bodes summer hunger Wink at wee fauts, your ain are muckle Wise men may be wiled with wiles Wit bought makes fowk wise Wit bought is worth two for nought Work for nought makes fowk dread sweer Woo-sellers ken aye woo-buyers Use makes perfectness Wrang has nae warrant Wrang count is nae payment

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YE breed of the cow's tail, ye grow downwards Ye breed of the chapman, ye're aye to handsel Ye breed of few of the laird's tenants, oʻer het. Ye breed of good maut, ye're lang of coming Ye crack crously wi' your bonnet on                Ye cut before the point Ye cam' a day after the fair Ye cut lang whangs out of ither fouk's leather Ye canna make a silk purse of a sow's lug Ye canna see the wood for trees Ye came a clipping time Ye canna preach out of your ain pupit Ye come to the gait's house to steal woo Ye canna do but ye o'er-do Ye drive the pleugh before the owsen Ye dinna ken where the blessing may light Ye drew nae see weel when my mare was in the mire Ye fand it where the Highlandman fand the tangs