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SAIR cravers are aye ill payers 605 Sav well and do well end with ae letter Say well’s good, but do well is better Say ftill no, and ye'll never be married Scant of cheeks makes a long nose Scant the cogue wad up main Scorn comes commonly with fkaith 610 Seeing’s beheving a’ warld o’er Seethe ftanes in butter, the broo will be good Send you to the fea ye’ll no get faut water Serve yourfell till your bairns come to age Set that down on the back fide of your count book 615 Set a knave to catch a knave Set a ftout heart to a ftay brae Sharp ftomachs makes fhort graces Shawl waters makes maift din She is a wife wife that wat her ain weird 620 She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth She hads up her head like a hen drinking water She’s not to be made a fong of She’s better than fhe’s bonny Sic as you gae fic will ye get 625 Silence grips the moufe Sic reek as is therein comes out of the loom Slaw at meat flaw at wark Smooth waters run deep Sma’ fifh are better than nae fifh 63O Soon enough of well enough Sorrow is foon enough when it comes Sorrow and ill weather comes unfent far Some hae hantle o’ fauts ye’re only a ne’er do well Speak good of pipers your father was a fiddler 635 Spilt ale is waur than water Stay and drink of your ain browft Strike the iron as lang’s its het Stuffing hand out ftorms Stown dints are fweeteft 640 Sudden friendfhip, fare repentance Sup’d out wort was ne’er good ale Surfeits flae mair than fwords Swear by your ain burnt fhips Sweer to bed and fweer up in the morning