He that invented the maiden first handselled her.
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Ye have nothing to do but suck and wag your tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about nothing
A scots mist will weet an englishman to the skin.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Have I done you a service, see that you repay it.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
They that will not be counselled cannot be helped.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Bring a cow into the hall and she'll run the byre.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
What ye win at that, ye may lick aff a het girdle.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
The banes o' a great estate are worth the picking.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about real estate
He'll gang mad on a horse wha's proud on a pownie.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about proudness
The worth of a thing is best kent by the want o't.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about things
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about poverty, sin, man
It's stinking praise comes oot o' ane's own mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about praise
Glasgow people, Greenock folk, and Paisley bodies.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about people
He that lends money to a friend has a double loss.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about money
It is a silly flocks where the ewe bears the bell.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Spare when ye're young, and spend when ye're auld.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Snapper, to stumble. Even the best of men may err.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man
Fire and water are gude servants but ill maisters.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about fire, fire brigade, water
Pigs may whistle, but they hae an ill mouth for't.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Set that down on the back side of your count-book.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
