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Laugh at leisure ye may greet e'er night Learn young, learn fair Letna the plugh stand to kill a mouse Let a' trades live, quoth the wife when she

burnt her besom

Let him baud the bairn that aught the bairn Let him cool in the skin he het in Let ilka sheep hang by its ain shank Let the horns gang wi the hide Let the morn come and the meat wi't Like draws to like, as an auld horse to a feal

dike

Like Scotsman, ay wise ahint the hind Lik hens, ye rin ay to the tap o' the heap Like the cat, fain fish wad ye eat, but ye're

laith to wait your feet

Lippen to me, but look to yoursel Little kind, less cared for Little said's soon mended I Little wit i' the heads maks muckle treavel to

to the feet

Little may an auld nag do that manna nigher Little dogs hae lang tails Live upon love, as laviocks do on leeks Loud on the loan was ne'er a gude miik cow Love and light winna hide