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Three can keep a secret if twa be awa. Time and tide will tarry for nae man. Touch a gawd horse on the back and he'll fling. Tramp on a snail and she'll shoot but her horns. Twa blacks will ne'er mak a white. Twine two, your minny was a gude spinner.

U

Up till spare me, down hill tak tent to thee. Use makes perfectness.

W

Wanton kittens mak douce cats. When drink's in wit's out. Wae's the wife that want's the tongue, but weel's the man that gets her. Weans maun creep ere they gang.-- Women's wark's ne'er done. Wedding and ill wintering tame baith man and beast. Weel kens the mouse when the cat's out o' the house. Welcom's the best dish in the kitchen. We'll ne'er ken the worth of the water till the well gae dry. We're ay to learn as lang's we live.--We canna baith sup and blaw. We'll bark oursels ere we buy dogs sae dear. We may ken your eild by the runkles of your horn, We may ken your meaning by your mumping. What's gotten owre the deil's back will gang awa under his belly. When ae door stecks anither opens.--Wilfu' waste maks waefu' want. When friends meet hearts warm.--Woo sellers ken ay woo buyers. When the tod preaches tak tent o' the lambs. When the wame's fou, the bancs wad be at rest. When petticoats woo, brecks come speed. When you're serv'd a' the geese are water'd. While the pow's shaving the lice maun flit. When yere gaun and coming the gate's no toom. Where the dyke's laighest it is eithiest to loup. Where there's owre muckle courtesy, there's little kindness.