Part 67 (1/2)

Lang-tongued wives gang lang wi' bairn

”Applied to those who discover their projects, designs, and intentions long before they are put in execution”--_Kelly_

Lasses and glasses are bruckle ware

Lassies are like las: they'll neither saut nor keep

Lassies now-a-days ort nae God's creatures

”The proverbial reflection of an old wo women are by no means nice in their choice of husbands”--_Jah and lay't down again

Laugh at leisure, ye h at your ain toom pouches

”'The japanned tea-caddie, Hannah--the best bohea--bid Tib kindle a spark of fire--thefaces of ye, ye d--d idle scoundrels, or laugh at your ain too fill theht have said, _in transitu_”--_St Ronan's Well_

Law licks up a'

”The Laird has been a true friend on our unhappy occasions, and I have paid him back the siller for Effie's misfortune, whereof Mr Nichil Novit returned him no balance, as the Laird and I did expect he wad hae done But law licks up a', as the common folk say I have had the siller to borrow out o' sax purses”--_Heart of Midlothian_

Law-makers shouldna be law-breakers

Law's a deadly disteree

”How easy can the barley bree Cement the quarrel!

It's aye the cheapest lawyer's fee, To taste the barrel”--_Burns_

Lay a thing by and it'll corice

Or place the profit against the loss

”An' I am to lose by ye, I'se ne'er deny I hae won by ye --sae, an' it come to the warst, I'se e'en lay the head o' the sow to the tail o' the grice”--_Rob Roy_

Lay the sweet side o' your tongue till't

”An answer to the”--_Kelly_