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NAE fool to an auld fool Nae friend to a friend in need Nae great loss, but there's some sma' advantage Nae man has a tack of his life Nae man can thrive unless his wife let him Nae penny nae paternoster Nae sooner up than her head's in the ambry Nae safe wading in unco waters. Naething is balder than a blind mare Naething to be done in haste but gripping of faes Naething to do but draw in your stool and sit down Nane but fools and knaves lay wagers Nane sae well but he hopes to be better Nane can play the fool sae weel as a wise man Narrow gathered widely spent Near's my sark but nearer my skin Neck or naething, the king loes nae cripples Necessity has nae law Neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring New lords have new laws Never do ill that good may come Never put a sword into a madman's hand Never quat certainty for hope Never sead your lips in ither fouks kail Never seek a wife till ye ken what to do with her Never shaw me the meat but the man Never shaw your teeth unless you can bite Never tell your fae when your feet sleeps Nineteen nay-says of a maiden are half a grant Now's now, and yule's in winter

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O'er mickle of ae thing is good for naething O'er mickle loose leather about your chasts O'er sicker o'er loose Of a' sorrow a fou sorrow's best