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 17                                               S                       SAIR cravers are aye ill payers Say well and do well end with ae letter Say well's good but do well is better Say still no and ye'll never be married Scant of cheeks makes a long nose Scart the cogue wad sup mair Scorn comes commonly with skaith Seeing's believing a' the world o'er                      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 side of your count bock Set a knave to catch a knave Set a stout heart to a stay brae Sharp stomachs make short graces She is a wise wife that wat her ain weird She looks as if butter would not melt in her mou' She hands up her head like a hen drinking water She's not to be made a song of                      She's better than she's bonny Sic as ye gie sic will ye get Silence grips the mouse Sic reek as is therein comes out of the lum Slaw at meat slaw at wark Smooth waters run deep Sma' fish are better than nae fish Sorrow is soon enough when it comes Sorrow and ill weather come unsent for Some hae a hantle o fauts ye're only a ne'er-do-well Speak good of pipers your father was a fiddler Spilt ale is waur than water Stuffings hauds out storms Stown dints are sweetest Sudden friendship, sure repentance Suped out wort was ne'er good ale Surfeits stay mair than swords Swear by your burnt shins Sweer to bed and sweer up in the morning