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When my head's down my house is theeked.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads, home, house

A cock's aye cruse on his ain midden-head.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

Where macgregor sits is head of the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

Nae sooner up than her head's in the ambry.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

The feet are slow when the head wears snaw.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

He may weel soom wha has his head hauden up.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

He may swim well that has his head hadden up.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

Your head will never fill your father's bonnet.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

She hauds up her head like a hen drinking water.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about drinking, heads, water

They that see but your head dinna see your height.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

I hae a scottish tongue in my head - if they speak i'se answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

He that marries a widow will have a dead man's head often thrown in his dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads, man

The white head often lacks good sense.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about common sense, sense, heads, good, good luck

The arm of the young and the head of the old.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, old, olderness

If you want to die quickly, wash your head and go to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sleep, heads, death, contentment

Dry your feet and warm your head, and don't worry about the rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about worry, rest, heads

One hair from the head of a woman pulls more than a ship's hauser.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, woman

The gallows is not made for the rich, but for the head of the peasant.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about peasantry, wealth, heads

A wounded head can be treated and heals, but a wounded heart never heals.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, heart

An elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads