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Aa auld poke is ay εkailing An auld dog bites sicker An ill shearer never gat a gude heuk, An ill lesson is soon learned An ill wife and a new lighted candle should ha

their heads hadden down

An ill servant never proved a good master An ounce o’ motherwit is worth a pound o’

clergy

Ane may lo’e the kirk weel enough, and no he

aye ridings on the rigging o't.

A new besom goops clean. April showers bring May flowers. A pound of care winna pay an ounce of debt. A ragged colt may prove a good gelding. A rowin static gathers nae fog. A Stots mist will weet an Englishman to the

skin.

As long lives the merry roan as the sad. As long as ye serre the tod ye mann bear up

his tail.

As the sow fills the draff sours. As the auld cock crows the young cock learns. As weel be bang’d for a wedder as a lamb. As ye do yourself ye judge your neebors: As ye mak your bed sae ye maun lig down.