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 7 Fire and water are good fervants but bad Flaes and a glening wife are fellows Fleying a bird is not the gate to grip it 5 Fools fhou’d na hae chapping fucks Fools make feasts and wise men eat them, The wise make jests, and tools repeat them I r fafhion's fake as dogs gang to the market Forbid a fool a thing and that he will do 0 Fore-warn'd ha’f armed Foul water dockens fire Friendship, canna ftand aye on ae fide Frefh fifh and poor friends grow foon ill far'd Frost and f'afhood have baith a dirty wa’gang G G Ear is carier gain'd than guided Gentle paddocks have long taes Giff gaff makes good friends Give a dog an ill name and he’ll foon be hang’d Give man luck and fling him in the fea Give o’er when the play’s good Give them tow enough and, they’ll hang themfels Give you an inch you'll take an ell Glaffes and laffes are bruckle ware, Good ale needs nae wifp Good bauns get broken brows Good fouk are fcarce, take care of me Good watch prevents harm Good ware make a quick market Gowd may be dear coft Great barkers are nae biters Greedy, fouk have lang arms Gut nae fh till ye get them H H Aud a hank in your ain hand Hae gars a deaf man hear Hair and hair make the eark’s beard bare Hame is hame if it were never,fae hamely Hand in Use is hamer of lair Handle the pudding while it is bet Hang hunger and drown drouth Had and a halfpenny is enough Have ye gear have ye nane, tine heart and as gane