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A A BEGUN turn is half ended

A blate cat makes a proud mouse

A black hen lays a white egg

A blythe heart makes a blooming look

Abundance of law breaks nae law

A hungry stomach is aye craving

A cock’s aye crouse on his ain middin

A dog winna youl if ye fell him wi’ a bane

A dog’s life, meikle ease meikle hunger

A drink is shorter than a tale

A dry summer ne’er made a dear peck

A dumb man wins nae law

A bird in the hand is worth ten fleein’

Ae good turn deserves anither

Ae hand winna wash the ither for nought

Ae swallow makes nae simmer

Ae scabbed sheep will smit the hale hirdsel

A fool may give a wise man a counsel

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Aſt counting keeps friends lang the gither

Aſt times the cautioner pays the debt

A fou purse never lacks friends

A good cow may hae an ill ca’f

A good word is as soon said as an ill

A good tale is no the waur to be twice tauld

A good name is sooner tint than won

A good fellow is a costly name

A hungry man smells meat far

A hungry louse bites sair

A hungry man’s aye angry

Ale sellers shou’d na be tale tellers

A liar should hae a good memory

A light purse makes a heavy heart

A’ the corn’s no shorn by kempers