Ae man may steal a horse where another daurna look ower the hedge.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man
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It's as true as Biglam's cat crew, and the cock rock'd the cradle.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about rocks
He rides well that never falls: he is a perfect man who never errs.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about perfection, man
Get what you can and keep what you have that's the way to get rich.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wealth
He snites his nose in his neighbour's dish to get the brose himsel.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Unskilfull mediciners and horse-marshels slayes both man and beast.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man
Better to be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; if he kills, the earth hides it.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about earth, sun
I ne'er lo'ed water in my shoon, and my wame's made o' better leather.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about water
Speak when ye're spoken to, do what ye're bidden, come when ye're ca'd.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
He that spends his gear before he gets 't will hae but little gude o't.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Do not do strange acts merely for the sake of astonishing your friends.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
He that ance gets his fingers i' the dirt can hardly get them out again.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
As wight as a wabster's doublet, that ilka day taks a thief by the neck.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about thieves, day
There never was a five-pound note but there was a ten-pound road for it.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Stable the steed, and put your wife to bed when there's night wark to do.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about night, wife
If you would be a merchant fine, beware o' auld horses, herring, and wine.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wine
No heaven will not ever Heaven be; unless my cats are there to welcome me.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
He's like the smith's dog - so wheel used to the sparks that he'll no burn.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
A crooning coo, a crawing hen, and a whistlin' maid were ne're very chancy.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
