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Begun turn is ha’f ended

A blate cat makes a proud moufe

A black hen lays a white egg

A blythe heart makes a blooming look

Abundance of law breaks nae law

A hungry stomach is aye craving

A cock’s aye crouse on his ain midding

A dog winna yowl if ye fell him with a bane

A dog’s life, muckle ease, muckle hunger

A drink is shorter than a tale

A dry summer ne’er made a dear peck

A dumb man wins nae law

A bird in the hand is worth ten fleeand

Ae good turn deserves anither

Ae ha’f of the warld kenna how the ither ha’f live

Ae hand winna walk the ither for nought

Ae hour’s cauld will suck out seven years’ heat

Ae swallow makes nae summer

Ae scabbed sheep will smit the hale hirdfell

A fool may gi’e a wise man a counsel

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Aft counting keeps friends lang the gither

Aft-times the cautioner pays the debt

A fou purse never lakes friends

A gi’en horse shou’d na be look’d in the mouth

A good cow may have an ill ca’f

A good word is as soon said as an ill

A good tale is no the war to be twice tald

A good name is sooner tint than won

A good fellow is a costly name

A handfu’ of trade is worth a gowpen of gowd

A hungry man smells meat far

A hungry louse bites fair

A hungry man’s aye angry

A lass that has mony wooers aft wails the warst

Ale sellers shou’d na be tale tellers

A liar shou’d have a good memory

A light purfe makes a heavy heart

A’ the corn’s no shorn by kempers