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4 A sillerless man gangs fast through the market

A sorrowfu’ heart’s aye dry

At open doors dogs gae ben

A tarrowing bairn was never fat

A taking hand will never want

A tale never tines in the telling

A tocherless dame sits lang at hame

A toom purse makes a pratling merchant

A toom pantry makes a thriftless gudewife

A turn well done is soon done

A twapenny cat may look at the king

A wee bush is better than nae bield

A wee mouse can creep under a great corn stack

A wee house has a wide mouth

A wee thing fleys cowards

A wilfu’ man should be uneo wise

Auld men are twice bairns

Auld sparrows are ill to tame

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BARE gentry braggand beggars

Be a friend to yoursel and others will

Be lang sick that you may be soon hale

By guess as the blind man fell’d the dog

Beggars shouldna be choosers

Better a bit in the morning than fest a' day

Better a deil than a daw

Better a dog fawn on you than bark at you

Better a finger aff than aye wagging

Better an auld maid than a young whore

Better a toom house than an ill tenant

Better auld debts than auld sairs

Better to be alane than in ill company

Better to be idle than ill employed

Better belly burst than good meat spill

Better buy than borrow

Better day the better deed

Better find iron that tine siller