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Its weel that our fauts are no written on face. Its lang or four bare legs gather heat in bed It maun be true that a' fouk fay. It will be a feather out o' your wing. It feta a fow weel to wear a faddie. It was nerer for naething that the gled whift led. It will be a fire when it burns, quoth the tod when he fhet on the ice.

K

Keep your ain fifh-guts to your ain fea-maws. I Keep your breath to cool your crowdie. Kindnefs will creep where it canna gang. King‘s cauf is worth ither fouk's corn, Kythe in your ain colours that fouk may ken you.

L

Laith to bed and laith to ride. Lang fafting hains nae meat. Lang-tongue'd wives gae lang wi‘ bairn. Langeft at fire foon finds cauld. Law's coftly, tak a pint and gree. Law-makers fhould na be law-breakers.