Proverbs and old sayings Scottish, page 51

1203 proverbs and old sayings scottish

Your thrift's as good as the profit of a yell hen.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about good, good luck

Never seek a wife till ye ken what to do with her.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wife

Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

He that teaches himself has a fool for his master.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Flaes and a girning wife are wakerife bed fellows.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wife

He that wants content canna sit easy in his chair.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

I ken by your half-tale what your hale tale means.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about fairy tales

If it werena for the belly the back wad wear gowd.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

There's a word in my wame, but it's ower far down.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about word

They that see but your head dinna see your height.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

It is better to sup with a cutty than want a spoon.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Don't be so busy that you have no time to get rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wealth, time

There's measure in a' things, even in kail supping.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about measure, things

Take your ain will, & then ye'll no die of the pet.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about pets, death

A proud mind and an empty purse gree ill thegither.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about proudness, mind

It's weel that oor fauts is no written in oor face.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about face

It is a' tint that is done to auld folk and bairns.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Mony wyte their wife for their ain thriftless like.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wife

He that marries a beggar gets a louse for a tocher.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

The knowledge of a trade is worth a handful of gold

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about commerce, knowledge