The thatcher said unto his man, Let's raise this ladder if we can. - But first let's drink, maister.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about drinking, man
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He that borrows and bigs, maks feasts and thigs, drinks an's no dry, nane a' these three are thrifty.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
There's no iron so hard that rust won't fret it; and there's no cloth so fine that moths won't eat it.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Those who help themselves to what there is most of on the table, if not restrained they will do too much.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about help
It ill becomes a carpenter to be heavy-handed, a smith to be shake-handed, or a physician to be tenderhearted.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
A person once wud, or deranged, is always suspected of being so, in the event of anything strange taking place.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about events, being, people
They censure my doing such a thing who neither consider my occasions of doing it, or what provocations I have had.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about things
The gravest fish is an oyster; the gravest bird's an ool; the gravest beast's an ass; and the gravest man's a fool.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about fishing, man
God keep ill gear out o' my hands; for if my hand ance get it, my heart winna part wi't, sae prayed the gude earl of eglinton.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heart, god
E'ening grey and a morning red, put on your hat or ye'll weet your head; e'ening red an' a morning grey is a taiken o' a bonny day.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads, day
Expect not a very covetous person to be very honest for a long time. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in nae ither.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about school, experience, people, time
One for sorrow, two for joy, Three for a girl, four for a boy. Five for silver, six for gold, And seven for a secret that must never be told.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about joy, secret, sadness
When falkland hill puts on his cap, the howe o' fife will get a drap, and when the bishop draws his cowl, look out for wind and weather fowl.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about weather
Here's to you, as good as you are, And here's to me, as bad as I am But as good as you are, and as bad as I am, I am as good as you are, as bad as I am.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about bad luck, bad, good, good luck, contentment
A Presbyterian minister had a son who was made Archdeacon of Ossery; when this was told to his father, he said, 'If my son will be a knave, I am glad that he will be an archknave. '
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Ask thy purse what thou should spend.
Proverbs and old sayings
Even in paradise, living all alone would be hell.
Proverbs and old sayings about paradise, hell
In twenty-four hours, a house can become a patriarch.
Proverbs and old sayings about home, house
The more you ask how far you have to go, the longer your journey seems.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Give your host a little something when you leave; little presents are little courtesies and never offend.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
