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Ill getting het water frae 'neath cauld ice.—-Ill herds mak fat foxes. Ill hearing maks wrang rehearsing.-– Ill news are aft owre true. Ill laying up maks mony thieves.-- Ill payers are ay gude cravers. Ill to tak and eith to tire.-- Ill weeds wax weel. Ill workers are ay gude to putters.--Ill. will ne'er spak weel. Ill won gear winna enrich the third heir. ---Ill won, as ill wair'd.   It cam wi' the wind let it gang wi' the water. It maun be an auld-farrant mouse that can kittle in a cat's lug. It's a bare moor that ye gang thro' and no get a heather cow. It's a cauld stammock that naething heats on. It's a gude goose that draps ay.---It's a hard task to be poor and leal. It's a gude poor man's blade, it will baw or break. It's a lang lane that hasna a turning. It's an ill wind that blaws naebody gude. It's an ill cause that the lawyers think shame o'. It's time to gie owre piping when youv'e lost the upper lip. It's an ill pack that's no worth the custom. It's a mean mouse that has but ae hole.-—It's no a' tint that fa's by. It's a nasty bird fyles its ain nest.--It's a sin to lie on the deil. It's a poor house whare thers's neither a bairn nor a mouse. It's a shame to eat the cow and worry on the tail. It's a sorry hen that canna scrape for ae bird. It's a sair dung bairn that mayna greet.—It's gude to be sib to siller. It's a tint that's done to auld fo'k and bairns. It's but kindly that the pock sa'r of the herring. It's better to sup wit a cutty than want a spoon. It's dear coft honey that's lick d aff a thorn. It's eith crying Yule on anither man's stool. It's fair in ha' where beards wag a'.—-It's gude sleeping in a hale skin It's gade maut that comes o' will.--It's gude to be side but no trailing It's gude gear that pleases the merchant. It's gude to be gude in your time, ye kenna how lang it may last. It's gude to hae twa strings to your bow. It's hard to gar an auld mare leave aff fliaging. It's hard to sit in Rome and strive wi the Pope. It's hard for a greedy e'e to hae a leal heart.