839 Scotch Proverbs / Page 41
801.
Weil worth aw, that gars the plough draw.802.
Well done, soon done.803.
Well good-mother-daughter.804.
Whatrax my Jo, I ken your coptan.805.
Whatrax of the seed, where the frendship dow not.806.
Wiles help weak folk.807.
Wishers and woulders are poor householders.808.
Wit in a poor mans head, and mosse in a mountain, avails nothing.809.
With empty hand no man should hawks allure.810.
Women and bairns keep counsell of that they ken not.811.
Wonder lasts but nine nights in a Town.812.
Wont beguil'd the Lady.813.
Wood in wildernesse, & strength in a fool.814.
Words are but winde, but dunts are the Devill.815.
Wrang hearing makes wrang rehearsing.816.
Wrang hes no warrand.817.
Wrong count is no payment.818.
Ye breed of the cat, ye would fain have fish, but ye have na will to wet your feet.819.
Ye breed of the gouk, ye have not a rime but ane.820.
Ye breed of the Millers dog, ye lick your lips ere the poke be open.