Part 77 (1/2)

Nane are sae weel but they hope to be better

Nane but fools and knaves lay wagers

Henderson, in his _Proverbs_, reads ”poets” for ”fools,” possibly as a hit upon some of his friends, several of ere poets of local celebrity

Nane canthat none can find fault with you but you will be able to give an excuse for it ”As soon find hare without a lish_

Nane can play the fool sae weel as a wise man

Nane can tell what's i' the shaup till it's shelt

That is, in the husk until it is shelled

Nane kens whaur a blister athered, widely spent

Nature passes nurture

Nearer e'en thethan Carlisle fair

”You need but go to your closet for the one, but you dom for the other”--_Kelly_

Nearer the bane, sweeter the flesh

”And for eating--what signifies telling a lee? there's just the hinder end of the mutton-ham that has been but three times on the table, and the nearer the bane the sweeter, as your honours weel ken; and--there's the heel of the ewe-milk kebbuck, wi' a bit o'

nice butter, and--and--that's a' that's to trust to”--_Bride of Larass

Nearest the heart, nearest theto name one person, by mistake names another, perhaps a sweetheart”--_Kelly_

Nearest the king, nearest the widdy

”Widdy,” rope or gallows Meaning that those who occupy political or subservient positions do so only during the pleasure of their superiors

Near's my kirtle, but nearer's my sark

Near's s are common to many nations ”Some friends are nearer to me than others--my parents and children than hbours than strangers; but, above all, I am next to race