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He that does his turn in time, sits half idle.

Proverbs and old sayings about time

Better a chigging mother, nor a riding father.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

There are many sooth words spoken in bourding.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

He that forsakes missour, missour forsake him.

Proverbs and old sayings

Drive out the inch as thou hast done the span.

Proverbs and old sayings

Quhair the Deer is slain, some bloud will lie.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

If I may not keep geese, I shall keep gesline.

Proverbs and old sayings

Take a man by his word, and a Cow by her horn.

Proverbs and old sayings about word, man

Better spare at the breird nor at the bottome.

Proverbs and old sayings

It that God will give, the Devil cannot reave.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil, god

It is a fairy collop that is tane off a Capon.

Proverbs and old sayings about fairy tales

Ye may puind for debt, but not for unkindnesse.

Proverbs and old sayings

Twa hungry meltithes makes the third a glutton.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is ill to make a bowing horn of a tods tail.

Proverbs and old sayings

Thou wilt get no more of the cat, but the skin.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is kindly that the poke fair of the Herring.

Proverbs and old sayings

A given Horse should not be lookt in the teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings

Kindnesse lies not ay in ane side of the house.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house

Better hand loose, nor bound to an ill baikine.

Proverbs and old sayings

Hoordom and grace, can never bide in one place.

Proverbs and old sayings about grace