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It's ill to be ca'd a thief and no found picking. It's ill to bring out o' the flesh what's bred i' the bane, It's ill getting breeks aff a Higlandman. It's ill taking corn frae geese--It's no tint that a friend gets. It's ill making a silk purse o' a sows lug, or a touting horn o' a tods tail It's ill bringing butt what's no there ben. It's kittle shooting at corbies and clergy. It's kittle to waken sleeping dogs.--It's needless to bid a wren rin. It's lang or the deil be found dead at a dike-side. It's lang or ye need to cry, shou, to an egg. It's lang or like-to-die fill the kirk-yard. It's muckle gars the tailor laugh, for suitors girn ay. It's needless to pour water on a drown'd mouse. It's so the cowl that maks the friar.--It maun be true that a' foʻk says It's nae sin to tak a gude price, but in gi'ing ill measure. It's nae play when ane laughs and anither greets. It's no what is she? but what was she? It's nae laughing to girn in a widdy.-- It's weel war'd wasters want. It's o'er far between the kitchen and the ha'. It's o'er late to spare when the botton's bare. It's past joking when the head's aff. It's weel that our fau'ts are no written on our face. It's time enough to skreigh when ye're strucken. It's time enough to mak my bed when I'm gaun to lie down, It's lang or four bare legs gather heat in the bed. It may come in an hour that winna come in seven year. It will be a feather out o' your wing. It sets a sow weel to wear a saddle. It sets you weel to gab again wi' your bannet on. It was ne'er for naething that the gled whistled.

Joke at leisure, you kenna wha may joke yoursel'.

Kail hains bread. ---Kame sindle came sair.-Kamesters are ay creeshy