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Cadgers are ay fond o creels. Cast a bane in the house rigging 'twill fa on

its feet.

Cast a bane in the deil's teeth. Cauld cools the love that kindles o’er het Come unca’d fit unsair’d Charity begins at hame Confess and be bang’d Corn him weel he’ll work the better Confess’d fault is half amends Cut your cloak according to your claith Crooked carlin, quoth the cripple till his wife Count again is not forbidden Count like Jews and gres like brethren

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Damming and laving is good sure fishing Daughters and dead fish are nae keepin ware Dawted bairns dow bear little Day-light will peep thro’ a sma’hole Death defies the docter Delays are dangerous Dirt bodes luck Dinna gut your fish till ye get them Death and marriage break term day