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 A’s no tint that’s in hazard

A’ Stewart’s are no sib to the king

A’s well that ends well

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 gie little o’ his gear

A man’s well or wae, as he thinks himself sae

A misty morning may be a clear day

A mouthfu’ o’ meat may be a townfu’ o’ shame

A muffled cat was ne’er a good hunter

An auld mason makes 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 got a good hook

An ill cow may have a good calf

An ill plea should be well pled

An ill turn is soon done

An ill servant ne’er prov’d a good master

Ane never tines by doing good

Anes paid never crav’d

Anes 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 the 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 one learns

As the fool thinks the bell clinks