Part 13 (1/2)
A' that's said shouldna be sealed
A' that ye'll tak wi' ye will be but a kist and a sheet, after a'
In allusion to the death of persons who may be proud of their possessions
A' the claes on your back was ance in clues
A' the corn's no shorn by kempers
To kemp, to strive All do not strive alike All cannot equally excel in work This proverb supports the clai that even the ”kempers” cannot overtake all the work that is to do
A' the keys of the country hang na in ae belt
All the influence or power is not in one man's possession
A' the men i' the Mearns can do nae mair than they may
No th to do There is an Aberdeenshi+re saying of similar import, ”I can dee fat I dow: the men in the Mearns can dee nae mair”
A' the speed's no in the spurs
A' the winning's in the first buying
A' the wit o' the world's no in ae pow
A'thing angers ye, and the cat breaks your heart
A' things thrive at thrice
A'thing wytes that no weel fares
A thoughtless body's aye thrang
A thrawn question should hae a thrawart answer
A thread will tie an honest ue
At my leisure, as lairds dee
”Fair and softly, as lawyers go to heaven”--_English_
A tocherless da at hame
A tocher's nae word in a true lover's parle
”Oh wae on the siller, it is sae prevailing!
And wae on the love that is fixed on a mailen!
A tocher's nae word in a true lover's parle, But giefor the warl!”--_Burns_