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 4 As ye roak your bed, fas ye maun ly down A fillerlefs man gangs faft through the market A forrowful heart’s aye dry 85 At open doors dogs gaes benn A tarrowing bairn was never fat A taking hand will never want A tale never tines in the telling A tocherlefs dame fits lang at hame 90 A toom purfe makes a trailing merchant A toom pantry makes a thriftlefs goodwife A turn well done is foon done A twapenny cat may look at a king A wee bush is better than nae bield 95 A wee mouse can creep under a great corn stack A wee hoofe has a wide'mouth A wee thing fleys cowards A witfu’ man fhou’d be unco wife Auld men are twice bairns 100 Auld fparrows are ill to tame Auld fprings gie nae price A yeld low was never good to grices B

B Are gentry braggand beggars Be a friend to yourfell and others will 105 Be lang fick that ye may be foon hale Bear wealth well; poortith will bear itfell Be guefs as the blind man fell’d the dog Beggars shou’d na be choofers Better a bit in the morning than faft a’ day 110 Better a de’il than a daw Better a dog fawn on you than bark at you Better a finger aff than aye wagging Better an auld maiden than a young whore Better a toom houfe than an ill tenant 115 Better auld debts than auld fairs Better to the envied than pitied Better to be alane than in ill company Better be idle than ill employed Better belly burft than good meat fpill 120 Better buy than barrow Better day the better deed Better find iron than tine filler