Proverbs and old sayings Scottish, page 52

1203 proverbs and old sayings scottish

He that does you an ill turn will ne'er forgie you.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

I'll mak a shift, as Macwhid did wi' the preachin'.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Save yourself frae the deil and the laird's bairns.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

A day to come seems longer than a year that's gone.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about day

If it winna be a gude shoe we'll mak a bauchel o't.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

They that lie down for love shou'd rise for hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about hunger, lie, love

It is hard to sit in Rome and strive with the Pope.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

There's mair ways o' killing a dog than hanging him.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

God ne'er sent the mouth, but he sent the meat wi't.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about god

He that cheats in daffin winna be honest in earnest.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Ye'se get your brose out of the lee side of the pot.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Never go to the devil and a dish-clout in your hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about devil

The wolf micht loss his teeth, but never his nature.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about nature

He that gets forgets, but he that wants thinks on't.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

It's but kindly that the pock savour of the herring.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

He that has a muckle nose thinks ilk ane speaks o't.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Let a horse drink what he will, but no when he will.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about drinking

Bairns speak i' the field what they hear i' the ha'.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Never take a wife till you know what to do with her.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wife