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 15 N Nae fool to an auld fool Nae friend to a friend in need Nae great rofs but there’s fome sma’ advantage 530 Nae man has a tack of hia life Nae man can thrive unlefs his wife let him Nae penny nae paternofter Nae fooner up than her heads in the ambry Nae fafe wading in uneo waters 535 Nae wonder to fee waiters want Naething freer than a gift Naething is balder than a blind mare Naething to be done in hafte but gripping of flaes Naething to do but draw in your ftool and fit down 540 Nane but fools and knaves lay wagers Nane fae well but he hopes to be better Nane can play the fool fae well as a wife man Harrow gather’d widely fpent Near’s my fark but nearer my skin 545 Neck or naething, the king loos na cripples Neceffity has nae law Neither fifh nor flefh nor good red herring New Lords have new laws Never do ill that good may come 550 Never let on yon, but laugh in your ain fleeye Never put a fword into a mad man’s hand Never put the plough before the owfen Never quat certainty for hope Never lead your lips in other fouks kail 555 Never feek a wife till ye ken what to do with her Never fhaw me the meat but the man Never fhaw your teeth unlefs you can bite Never tell your fae when your foot fleeps Nineteen nay-fays of a maiden are ha’f a grant 560 Now’s now, and yule’s in winter O OER mickle of ae thing is good for naething O’er mickle hamelirefs fpills good couricfy O’er mickle loofe leather about your chatts O’er ficker o'er loofe Of a' forrow a fou forrow’s best Of a' meat m the warlddrink gaea best down