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The cure may be waur than the disease The deil's bairns hae deil's luck The first fuss of a haggis is ay the bauldest The King's errand may come in the cadger's

gate

The langer we live, we see the mae ferlies The mair ye greet ye'll pish the less The langer ye tramp on a turd, it turns ay the

braider

The master's ee maks the horse fat The smith's mare and the souter's wifie are ay

warst shod

The thiefer like the better sodger he thing that's in your wame's no in your

testament

The worth o' a thing is best kend by the want

of it

There's nane sae blind as them that winna see There's life in a mussel as lang as it cheeps They are like thy gryces, if ye kittle their wame

they fa' on their backs

They that get a word o' soon rising may lie a'

day

Three can keep a secret if twa be awa True blue will never stain