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22 When the steed's ston lock the stable door Whare the buck's bonnd there he maun bleet Where the pig's broken let the sherds lie Where the druins beat the laws are dumb Wee things fley cowards Wilfu' waste, make waefu want Wiles help weak folk Willa wit strive with me Winter thunder bodes summer hunger Wink at wee faults your ain are muckle Wise men may be wild with wiles Wit bought makes sowk wise Wit bought is worth twa for nought Work for nought makes fowk dreadl swear Woo-sellers ken aye woo-buyers Use makes perfectness Wrang has nae warrant Wrang count is nae payment

Y YE breed of the cow's tail, ye grow backward Ye breed of the chapmen, ye're ave to handsel Ye breed of the laird's tenants, o'er het Ye breed of good mant, ye're lang o' coming Ye erack erousely wi' your bonnet on Ye eut before the point Ye cam a day after the fair Ye cut lang wlangs out o'ither fowk's leather Ye canna make a silk purse of a sow's lug Ye canna see the wood for trees Ye came a clipping time Ye canna preach out o' your ain poupit Ye come to the gait's house to steal woo Ye canna do but ye d'er do Ye drive the pleugh before the owsen Ye dinna ken where the blessing may light Ye drew nae sae well when my mare was in the mire Ye fand it where the Highlandman fand the tangs