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SCOTS' PROVERBS.

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A Begun turn is ha'f ended.

A blate eat makes a proud mouse.

A black hen lays a white egg.

A blyth heart makes a blooming look.

Abundance of law breaks nae laws

A braed house never skail'd.

A cock’s ay crouse on his ain midding.

A dog winna yowl if ye fell him wi' a bane.

A dog’s life, muckle ease muckle hunger.

A drink is shorter than a tale.

A dry summer never made a dear peck.

A dumb man wins nae law.

Ae bird in the hand is worth ten.

Ae good turn deserves anither.

Ae ha’f o’ the warld kenna how the ither ha’f live.

Ae hand winna wash the ither for nought.

Ae hour’s cauld will suck out seven years’ heat.

Ae swallow makes nae summer.

Ae scabbed sheep will smit the hale hirdfell.

A fool may gie a wife man a counsel.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Aft counting keeps friends lang togither.

Aft times the cautioner pays the debt.

A fou’ purse never friends.

A gi'en horse shou’d na be look’d in the mouthu.

A good cow may have an ill ca’f.

A good word is as soon said as an ill.

A good tale is no the war to be twice tald.

A good name is sooner tint than won.

A good fellow is a costly name.

A handfou of trade is worth a goupen of gowd,

A hungry man smells meat far.

A hungry louse bites fair.

A hungry man’s ay angry.

A lass that has mony wooers aft wails the warst.

Ale-fellers shou'd na be tale-tellers.