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Ill workers are ay good to putters Ill will never spake well 385 Joke at leisure you kenna wha may joke yoursel Joke and let the ja gae o'er           It came with the wind, let it gang with the water It gangs in at the ae lug and out at the other It is a good goose that draps ay       390 It is a good game that fills the wame It is a good tongue that says nae ill It is an ill wind that blaws nae body good It is an ill cause that the lawyers think shame of           It is a mean mouse that has but ae hole 395 It is a nasty bird that files its ain nest It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it           It is a sign of a hale heart to riſt at the rumple It is a sair battle where all is slain It is a silly flock where the Ewe hears the bell 400 It is a silly hen that canna scrape for ae bird It is a tight tree that has neither knap nor gaw It's a tint that's done to auld folk and bairns Its but kindly that the pook sair of the herring It is better to sup with a cutty than want a spoon 405 It is by the head that the cow gie's milk Its come to meikle, but its no come to that It is good mawt that comes of will It is good gear that pleases the merchant It is good baking beside meal 4.10 It is good sleeping in a hale skin It is good to be out of harm's gate It is good to be sib to siller It is good to be good in your time, ye kenna how lang it may last It is hard to sit in Rome and strive with the Pope 415 It is hard to please a' parties It is hard baith to have and want It is ill getting breeks aff a bare arse It is ill bringing but what's no benn It is little shooting at corbies and clergy 420 It is kittle to waken sleeping dugs