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                               23 Quick returns mak rich

R

Raise nae mair deels than ye're able to lay Rather spoil your joke than tine your friend Raw dads make fat lads Raw leather raxes Right wrangs nae man Rome was nae bigget in ae day

S

Sair era vers are aye ill payers Satan reproving sin Set a stout heart to a stay brae Shame's past the shade o' your hair Sharp stomachs mak short graces Slaw at meat, slaw at wark Speak when you're spoken to Speak o' the deil and he'll appear Standing dubs gather dirt Stown dints are sweetest Strike the iron as lang's its het

T

That winna be a mote in your marriage The better day the better deed