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When the steed's stown lock the stable door Whare the buck's bound there he maun bleet Where the pig's broken let the sherds lie Where drum beat laws are dumb Wee things fley cowards Wilfu' waste mak waefu' want Wiles help weak folk Will a wit strive with me                Winter thunder bodes summer hunger Wink at wee faults, your ain are muckle Wise men may be wil'd with wiles Wit bought makes fowk wise Wit bought is worth twa for nought Work for nought makes fowk dread swear Woo-sellers ken aye woo-buyers Use makes perfectness Wrang has nae warrant Wrang count is nae payment

Y                YE breed of the cow's tail, ye grow backward Ye breed of the chapmen, ye're aye to handsel Ye breed of few of the laird's tenants o'er het Ye breed of gude mawt, ye're lang a coming Ye crack crousely wi' your bonnet on                Ye cut before the point Ye cam a day after the fair Ye cut lang whangs out o' ither fowk's leather Ye canna make a silk purse of a sow's lug Ye canna see the wood for trees Ye came a clipping time Ye canna preach out of your ain poupit Ye come to the gait's house to steal woo Ye canna do but ye 'o'er do                Ye drive the pleugh before the owsen Ye dinna ke where the blessing may light Ye drew nae sae well when my mare was in the mire Ye fand it where the Highlandman fand the tan