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 21 We’Il never ken the worth of water till the well gae dry 70 We are aye to lear as lang as we live We can poind for debt but no for unkindnefs We can fhape their wylie coat but no their weird We’ll never big bonnocks together We'll bark ourfells ere we buy dogs fae dear 775 We canna baith fop and blaw We maun live by the living, and no by the dead We are bound to be honeft and no to be rich Wha invited you to the roaft Wha can haud what will away 780 Wha dare beft th cat Wha can help miflack Wha comes after and brings lefs What we firft lea we beft ken What the eye feefna the heart ruefna 785 When ye win at that ye may lick aff a het girdle What carlins hain cats eat What winna do by might do by flight What’a my cafe the day may be yours the morn What's war than ill luck 790 What need a rich man be a thief What canna be cured maun be endured When ae door fteeks anither ane opens When a’ men fpeak nae man hears When drink s in wit’s out 795 When friends meet hearts warm When my head’s down my houfe is theeked When the cow’s in the clout fhe’s foon out When the tod preaches take tent of the lambs When the wame’s fu' the banes would be at reft 800 When poverty comes in at the door, friendfhip flies out at the winnock When a’ freets fail, fire’s good for fearcy When a ewe s drowned fhe’s dead When you are ferv’d a’ the geefe are water’d When wine fink’s words fwim 805 When you’re gawn and coming the gate’s no toom When he dies for age, ye may quack for fear When ye are well haud yourfell fae When the well’s fu’ it will rin o’er When the fteed’s flown fteek the ftable door 810 Where the buck’s bound there he maum bleet