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 17 S Sair cravers are aye ill payers Say weel and do weel end with ae letter Sae weel's good, but do weel's better Say still no and you'll never be married Scant of cheeks makes a lang nose Scart the cog wad sup mair Scorn comes commonly with skaith Seeing's believing a' the world o'er Send ye to the sen ye'll no get saut water Serve yoursel till your bairns come to age Set that down on the backside of your count-book Set a knave to catch a knave Set a stout heart to a stay bray Sharp stomachs make short graces She is a wise wife that wat her ain weird She look as if butter wabna melt in her mou' She lauds up her head like a hen drinking water She's no to be made a sang o' She's better than she's bonny Sic as ye gie sic will ye get Silence grips the mouse Sic reek as is therein comes out o' the lum Slaw at meat slaw at wark Smooth waters rin deep Sma fish better than nae fish Sorrow is soon enough when it comes [weel Some hae a hantle o' fauts, ye're only a ne'er-do- Speak good of pipers, your father was a fiddler Spilt ale is waur than water Stuffings haud out storm Stown dints are sweeter Sudden friendship, sure repentance Supped out wort was ne'er good ale Surfeits slay mair than swords Swear by your brunt shins Sweer to bed and sweer up in the morning