Part 49 (2/2)
He that wears black ry for onything will be angry for naething
He that will to Cupar maun to Cupar
Applied to foolish or reckless persons who persist in carrying on projects in the face of certain failure, of which they have been duly advised Why Cupar, the capital of the kingdo-headedness,” we are unable to say
He that winna be counselled canna be helped
He that winna hear Mother Hood shall hear Stepmother Hood
”That is, they ill not be prevailed upon by fair means, shall meet with harsher treatment”--_Kelly_
He that winna lout and lift a preen will ne'er be worth a groat
That is, he who despises trifles will never be rich
He that winna thole maun flit mony a hole
He ill not bear the crosses of the world patiently only increases his sorrows in trying to evade them
He that winna use the means maun dree the moans
He that winna when he may, shanna when he wad
”Spoken of hiain”--_Kelly_
He that woos a ht: he that woos aht
He that would clirip
He that would eat the kernal maun crack the nut
He that would pu' the rose maun sometimes be scarted wi' the thorns
He thinks himsel nae sheepshank
Spoken of conceited persons who think the straes
A variation of ”He starts at straes, and lets windlins gae” ”Ye hae found it to your cost, that she is a most unreasonable, narrow, contracted woality--her direction-books to rozart wine for deil-be-licket, and her Katy Fisher's cookery, whereby she would gar us trow she can mak fat kail o' chucky-stanes and an auld horse-shoe--we a' ken, and ye ken, laird, warst o' a', that she flings away the pease, and maks her hotch-potch wi' the shawps, or, as the auld byeword says, tynes bottles gathering straes”--_The Entail_
Het kail cauld, nine days auld, spell ye _that_ in four letters
The key to this childish puzzle is to be found in the word _that_: it has no deeper