Part 12 (1/2)

A spunefu' o' stink will spoil a patfu' o' skink

”Dead flies cause the oint savour; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour”--_Ecclesiastes_, x 1

A spur in the head's worth twa in the heel

As sair fights the wren as the crane

As sair greets the bairn that's paid at e'en as it that gets its paiks in the rew in ae wood

”Spoken of thereat persons”--_Kelly_

As sune comes the la die lish_

As sure's death

An emphatic assertion that the truth had been told At school we had a pious faith in these words Any narrative clenched with the was said of a questionable nature, the listener would say, ”Say sure's death to that, then” If repeated, confidence was fully restored

A steek in ti cock learns

As the day lengthens the cauld strengthens

As the fool thinks the bell clinks

As the s the wares sell

As the sow fills the draff sours

As the wind blaws seek your beild

That is, endeavour to suit yourself to circumstances Kelly pawkily re us to e This proverb soet acted”

A still sow eats a' the draff

A's tint that's put in a riven dish

All is lost that is put into a broken dish Favours bestowed on ungrateful persons are throay

As tired as a tyke o' langkail

”Are ye fou already, Watty Walkinshaw? If ye ht, I'll kail”--_The Entail_

As true as Biglam's cat crew, and the cock rocked the cradle

”Spoken e hear one call that true that we know to be a lye”--_Kelly_