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ladder

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CROSSES are ladders that lead to heaven
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lady

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FAINT heart never won fair lady
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FAR-FETCHED and dear-bought is good for ladies
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the OPERA isn't over till the fat lady sings
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lamb

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GOD tempers the wind to the shorn lamb
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one might as well be HANGED for a sheep as a lamb
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MARCH comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb
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what MANCHESTER says today, the rest of England says tomorrow
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Every LAND has its own law

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1628
Proverbs in Scots
no. 469
Everie land hes the laich.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
92
Every land hath its own Laugh, and every Corn its own Caff [chaff]. Every Country hath its own Laws, Customs, and Usages.
1916
British Weekly
2 Nov. 84
‘Every land’, says the old Scottish proverb, ‘has its ain lauch.’ And every class has its own mode of thought and expression.