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Better bad by a hair than draw with a tether Better hand loofe than in an ill tethering 125 Better kits a knave than caft out wi’ him Better keep well than make well Better lang fomething than soon naithing Better leave to my faes than beg frae my friends Better rue fit than rue flit 130 Better fit idle than work for nought Better fkaith fav’d than mends made Better fma’ fifh than nae fish Better the ill ken’d than the good unken’d Better to baud than draw 135 Better unborn than untaught Better wait on the cook than the doctor Better wear fhoon than fheets Birds of a feather flock togither Birth’s good but breeding’s better 140 Blind men fhou’d na judge of colours Blood’s thicker than water Brunt bairns the Are dreads C C Adgers have aye mind of lade faddles Cast a bane in a de’il’s teeth 145 Charity begins at hame Come unca’d fits unferv’d Comes to my hand like the bowl of a pint ftoup Come with the wind and gae with the water Confefs debt and crave days 150 Corn him well he’ll work the better Count again is not forbidden Count filler after a your kin Count like Jews and gree like brethren Counfel is nae command 155 Credit keeps the crown of the caufey Credit is better than ill-luck Crooked carlin, quoth the carle to his wife Cut your cloak according to the claith D D Atoning and laving is good fure fishing Daughters and dead fish are nae keeping ware Dawted bairns dow bear little