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A's no tint that's in hazard A' Stewarts are no sib to the king A's weel that ends weel A' things are good untried A man canna bear a' his kin on his back A man at five may be a fool at fifteen A man may be kind and gi'e little o' his gear A man's weel or wae, as he thinks himsel sae A misty morning may be a clear day A mouthfu' o' meat may be a town fu' o' shame A muffled cat was ne'er a good hunter An auld mason may be a good barrow-man An auld sack craves much clouting An auld pock is aye skailing An auld dog bites sicker An ill shearer never gat a good heuk An ill cow may ha'e a good calf An ill plea should be well pled An ill turn is soon done An ill servant never proved a gude master Ane never tines by doing gude Ance paid never craved Ance a whore and aye a whore Ane may bind a sack before it be fu' Ane is no sae soon heal'd as hurt Ane will gar a thousand lie A new besom sweeps clean A nod of an honest man is enough A ragged colt may prove a good gelding A rowing stane gathers nae fog As broken a ship has come to land As brisk as bottled ale As lang lives the merry man as sad As fair fight wrens as cranes As tired as a tike is of lang kail As the sow fills the draff sours: As the auld cock craws the young ane learns As the fool thinks the bill clinks