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Fools shou'd nae hae chapping stieks. Fools ravel and wine men redd. ---Fumblers are ay fond o' weans. Fools and bairns shou'd nae see a ha'f done turn. Fools mak feasts, and wise fouk eat them; the wise mak jests, and fools repeat them. For fashion's sake, as dogs gang to the market. Fore-warn'd, ha'f armed.-- Foul water slockens fire. Fresh fish and poor friends grow soon ill-far'd.   Friends are like fiddle-strings, they mauna be screw'd owre tight. Frost and fausehood hae baith a dirty waygang.

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Gaunting bodes wanting.--Gie the deil his due. Giff-Gaff makes gude friends.--Gie you an inch ye'll tak an ell. Gie a dog an ill name and he'll soon be hang'd.   Gie the deil his due --Glasses and lasses are bruckle ware. God help great fowk, the poor ean beg. God ne'er sent the mouth but he sent meat wi't.   God send you mair wit and mair siller. Great barkers are nae biters.--Greening wives are ay greedy. Gie a beggar a bed and he'll pay you wi' lice.

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Haud a hank in your ain hand.--Hae gars a deaf man hear. Hair and hair makes the earl's head bare. --Hale-sale's gude sale. Hame is hame if it were ne'er sae hamely. Hang them that hae nae shift, and them that hae owre mony. Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no steal when he's auld. Hanging's nae better then it's ea'd.-Hardships sinle come single. He begs frae them that borrow'd frae him. He brings a staff to break his ain head. He does na ay ride when he saddles his horse. He fells twa dogs wi' ae stane.--He had his finger in the pye. He gangs awa to an ill tune that never comes again. He has a bee in his bannet lug. --He's like a flea in a blanket. He has gotten a bite o' his ain bridle.