1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 43
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Mony a ane spears the gate they ken.842.
Mony a ane's gear has hastened his hinder end.843.
Mony a gude tale is spoilt in the telling.844.
Mony ane kisses the bairn for love o the nurse.845.
Mony ane wad hae been waur had their estates been better.846.
Mony aunts, mony emes, mony kin, but few friends.847.
Mony cooks ne'er made good kail.848.
Mony dogs die or ye fa' heir.849.
Mony good nights is laith away.850.
Mony hands make light wark.851.
Mony hounds may soon worry a hare.852.
Mony littles maks a muckle.853.
Mony ways to kill a dog though ye dinna hang him.854.
Mony words, muckle drouth.855.
Mony wyte their wife for their ain thriftless like.856.
Muck and money gae thegither.857.
Muckle corn, muckle care.858.
Muckle spoken, part spilt.859.
Must is a kings word.860.
My market's made ye may lick a whip shaft.