Collection of Scotch Proverbs
Book Excerpt
All things thrive but thrice.
Absence is a shro.
Auld sin, new shame.
A man cannot thrive except his wife let him.
A bairn must creep ere he gang.
As long as ye bear the tod, ye man bear up his tail.
All overs are ill but over the water.
A man may wooe where he will, but wed where is his weard.
A mean pot plaid never even.
Among twenty four fools not ane wise man.
Ane mans meat is another mans poyson.
A fool will not give his Bauble for the Tower of London.
A foul foot makes a son wemb.
A man is a Lyon in his own cause.
A hearty hand to give a hungry meltith.
A cumbersome Cur in company is hated for his miscarriage.
A poor man is fain of little.
An answer in a word.
A bettlesie brain cannot lye.
A yule feast may be quit at Pasch.
A good dog never barkt but a bene.
A full seck will take a clout on the side.
An ill hound comes halting home