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Ye never saw green cheese but your e'en reel'd              Ye're as daft as ye're days auld Ye're a good seeker but an ill finder Ye're nae chicken for a' your cheeping Ye're like Mackay's mare ye brake fairly aff Ye're good enough but ye're no braw enough Ye're no sae poor as ye peep Ye're of sae mony minds ye'll never be married Ye're never pleas'd fu' nor fasting Ye're unco good and ye'll grow fair Ye're sair Fash'd hadding naething together Ye're no fed on deaf nuts Ye're busy seeking the thing that's no tint Ye're like the hens ye rin aye to the heap Ye're fear'd for the day ye never saw Ye're best when ye're sleeping Ye're a sweet nut if you were well cracked Ye're no light where lean a'              Ye're come aff the house of Harletilhim Ye soon weary of well doing Ye'se get your brose out of the lee side of the pot Ye shape shoon by your ain shachled feet Your tongue's nae slander Your tongue rins aye before your wit Ye watna where a blessing may light Ye was never born at that time of the year Young Folk may die, but auld folk maun die Young ducks may be auld geese Your meal's a' deagh Your head will never fill your father's bonnet Your thrift's as good as the profit of a yell hen Your wame thinks your wysen's cutted Your purse was steeked when that was paid for Your gear will never o'er-gang you Your minnie's milk is no out of your nose yet.

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