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 6 Day light will peep through a fma' hole Death and marriage make term-day Death defies the doctors 165 Delays are dangerous Do well and dread nae fhame Do well and have well Do what you ought and come what will Do the likeliest and hope the best 170 Do as the lafses do, fay no, and take it Double drinks are good for drouth Double charges rive cannons Draff’s good enough for fwine Drink little that ye may drink lang 175 Dree out the inch when ye have thel’d the fpun E FA Gles catch nae flies Eat well’s drink well's brother Eating and drinking wants but a beginning Either live or die with honour 180 E’ening oats are good morning Mother Enough’s as good as a feaft Every ane creefhe the fat fow’s arfe Every ane kens beft where his ain fhoe nips him Every craw thinks its ain bird whitest 185 Every dog has his day Every man wears his belt his ain gait Every man’s tale is good till anither's be tauld Every man has his ain draff pock Every thing has an end, and a pudding has two 190 Experience teaches fools F FAint heart never won a fair lady Fair heights make fools fain Fair words winna gar the pot play Fair hair may have foul roots 195 Fancy kills and cures Fancy flees before the wind Far away fowls have fair feathers Far behind that may na follow Fecklefs fouk are aye fain of ane-anither 200 Fiddlers, dogs, and flesh flies, come to fcafts unca’d Fine feathers make,fine birds