Part 23 (1/2)

”Quod _Danger_, Sen I understand That counsell can be nae coood; Tak counsell zit or ze conclude Of wyser ain is no forbidden

Count like Jews and 'gree like brithers

Count siller after a' your kin

Courtesy is cumbersome to him that kens it na

Crabbit was and cause hadna

Crab without a cause, mease without mends

That is, if you are peevish and ill-pleased without cause, you ood nature without aaes naked

Credit is better than ill-won gear

Credit keeps the crown o' the causey

Creep before ye gang

”Ye will never make your bread that way, Maister Francie Ye suld munt up a muckle square of canvass, like dick Tinto, and paint folk's ainsells, that they likein the haill water; and I wadnaup and sitting to ye They waste their tiuinea a-head of them dick made twa, but he was an auld used hand, and folk ”--_St Ronan's Well_

Cripples are aye better planners than workers

Cripples are aye great doers--break your leg and try

People who are always very ready to give advice are generally slow in giving assistance

”Crookit carlin,” quo' the cripple to his wife

”Oh wad soie us To see oursels as others see us!

It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion”--_Burns_

Cry a' at ance, that's the way to be served

Cursesas he is cursed only, not hunted, does he thrive; for ”A curse will not strike out an eye unless the fist go with it”--_Danish_