Aye Work Awa'

DESCRIPTION: "Fortune favours them wha work aye wi' a busy haun'." Help yourself; look before you leap; don't speak ill of others; "never say that ye're ill-used"; "never let your tongue wag up and down"; life is a fight "to the very grave"
AUTHOR: Joseph Wright (source: Greig/Duncan3)
EARLIEST DATE: 1890 (_Whistle-Binkie_, according to Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: virtue warning work nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan3 655, "Aye Work Awa" (1 text)
Roud #6084
File: GrD3655

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