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12 It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in't

It is the 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 folk 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 gie‘s 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 harms 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 benn

It is kittle shooting at corbies 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 heads aff

It is well waur'd that wasters want

It is well that our fauts are not 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 gleg whistled

K KEEP something for a sair foot

Keep your tongue within your teeth

Keep the feast to the feast day