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 17 S SAIR cravers are aye ill payers Say well and do well end with ae letter 605 Say well’s good but do well is better Say ftill no and ye’ll never be married Scant of cheeks makes a long nofe Scart the cogue wad fup mair Scorn comes commonly with skaith 610 Seeing's believing a’ the warld o’er Seethe ftanes in butter, the broo will be good Send you to the sea, ye’ll no get saut water Serve yoursell till your bairns come to age Set that down on the back fide of your count-book 615 Set a knave to catch a knave Set a ftout heart to a flay brae Sharp ftomachs make fhort graces Shawl waters make mift din She is a wife wife that wat her ain weird 620 She looks as if butter would not melt in her mou’ She hads up her head like a hen drinking water She’s net to be made a fong of She’s better than she’s bonny Sic as ye gie fic will ye get 625 Silence grips the moufe Sic reek as is therein coraes out of the loom Slaw at meat flaw at wark Smooth waters run deep Sma’ fish are better than nae fish 630 Soon enough if well enough Sorrow is foon enough when it comes Sorrow and ill weather comes unfent for Some hae hantle o’ fauts. ye’re only a ne’er-do-well Speak good of pipers your father was a fiddler 635 Spilt ale is waur than water Stay and drink of your ain browst Strike the iron as lang’s its het Stuffings bauds out storms Stown dints are fweetest 640 Sudden friendship, fare repentance Sup’d out wort was ne’er good ale Surfeits flae mair than fwords Swear by your burnt fhins Sweer to bed and fweer up in the morning