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24 Ye never saw green cheese but your een reel'd Ye're as daft as ye're days auld Ye're a good seeker but an ill finder Ye're nae nae chicken for as your cheeping Ye're like Mackay's mare, ye brake fairly aff Ye're good enough but ye're no braw-enough Ye're no sae poor as ye peep Yeʻre of so mony minds ye'll never be married Ye're never pleased 'fou nor fasting Ye're unco good and ye'll grow fair Ye're sair fash'd liauding naething together Ye're no fed on deaf nuts Ye're busy seeking the thing that's no tint Ye're like the hens ye rin aye to the heap Ye're fear'd for the day ye never saw Ye're best when ye're sleeping Ye're a sweet nut if ye were well cracked Ye're no light where ye lean a Ye're come aff the house of Harletilhim Ye soon weary of well doing Ye's get your brose out of the lee side of the po Ye shape shoon by your own shachled feet Your tongue's nae slander Your tongne rins aye before your wit Ye watna where a blessing may light Ye was never born at that time of the year Young folk may die, but auld folk maun die Young ducks may be auld geese Your meal's a' deagh Your head will never fit your father's bonnet Your thrift's as good as the profit of a yell hen Your wame thinks your wysen's cutted Your purse was steeked when that was paid for Your gear will never oʻer gang you Your minny's milk is no out of your nose yet

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