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 6 An ault pouk is ay skailing. An auld dog bites ficker. An ill fhearer never gat a gude beuk, An ill leffon is foon lear’d. An ill wife and a new kindled candle, fhou'd hae their heads hadden down. An ill fervant never prov’d a good mafter. An ounce of motherwit is worth a pound of clergy. Ane may lo’e the fcirk weel enough, and no be ay riding on the rigging o’t. A new befom foops clean. A nod of honeft men is enough. April fhowers bring May flowers. A pound of care winna pay an ounce of debt. A ragged colt may prove a good gelding. A rowing ftane gathers me fog. A Scots mift wiil weet an -Englishman to the skin As lang lives the merry men as the fad. As lang as ye ferve the tod ye maun bear up his As the low fills the draff fours. As the auld craws the young cock learns. As weel he hang'd for a wedder as a lamb: As ye do yorsel ye judge your neebours. As ye mauk your bod fae ye maun lie down.