Part 93 (1/2)

has been told

The less wit a man has, the less he kens the want o't

The loudest bummer's no the best bee

The lucky pennyworth sells soonest

The mair cost the mair honour

The mair dirt the less hurt

The mair mischief the better sport

The mair the merrier; the fewer better cheer

The mair ye steer the mair ye'll sink

The maister's brither's an ill servant

Theupon a lean horse was asked how it came to pass that he was so fat while his horse was so lean? ”Because,” said he, ”I feed myself, but my servant feeds the horse”

”The master's eye puts meat on the horse's ribs”--_Irish_

The maister's foot's the best measure

The man may eithly tine a stot that canna count his kine

Or the man who does not know his business cannot look properly after it

The oun-tail o' the ha's tocher bought it, never sits easy

Theaware that the bridegroo to cleik the cunzie (that is, hook the siller), he cannily carried off Gilliewhackit ae night when he was riding _dovering_ hame (wi' the illies he gat hiht, and the first place he wakened in was the Cove of Vaimh an Ri”--_Waverley_

”The meal cheap and shoon dear,” quo' the souter's wife, ”I'd like to hear”

The miller mouters best wi' his ain hand

The morn's the ars the heights and hows look gurl, Then left about the bumper whirl, And toom the horn; Grip fast the hours which hasty hurl, The morn's the es

Theet a peck maun put up wi' a stimpart

A ”stimpart” is the fourth part of a peck They who cannot obtain luxuries must content themselves with necessaries