839 Scotch Proverbs / Page 10
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Better hand loose, nor bound to an ill baikine.182.
Better happy to court, nor good service.183.
Better have a Mouse in the pot as no flesh.184.
Better held out nor put out.185.
Better lang little, then soon right nought.186.
Better late thrive then never.187.
Better learn by your neighbors skaith nor by your own.188.
Better leave nor want.189.
Better never begun nor never endit.190.
Better no ring, nor the ring of a rash.191.
Better plays a full wemb nor a new coat.192.
Better rew sit, nor rew flie.193.
Better saucht with little aucht, nor care with many cow.194.
Better say, Here it is, nor, Here it was.195.
Better sit idle then work for nought.196.
Better sit stil, nor rise and get a fall.197.
Better spare at the breird nor at the bottome.198.
Better two skaiths, nor ane sorrow.199.
Better unborn nor untaught.200.
Better wooe over midding, nor over mosse.