Bring forth May flowers.
Bring forth May flowers.
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Bring forth May flowers.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
One must sometimes hold a candle to the devil.
To carry two faces under one hood.
Ower-meikle hameliness spoils gude courtesy.
A hungry horse makes a clean manger.
Likely lies in the mire, and unlikely gets over.
When the wine is in the wit is out.
How we apples swim!
Put your finger in the fire and say it was your fortune.
Nothing should be done in haste except catching fleas.
Poverty parteth good fellowship.
Tom Noddy's secret.
Tarry breeks pays no fraught.
He'll get enough ae day when his mouth's fu' o' mools [mould].
The water will ne'er waur the woodie.
Silence seldom does harm.
Kings' chaff is worth other men's corn.
The lion had need of the mouse.
Where the dyke is lowest men go over
Ka me, ka thee.
Rome was not built in a day.
Every rose has its prickles.
A' the keys of the country hang na in ae belt.