Part 98 (1/2)

”'Hout-tout, Da frae Christie; tods keep their ain holes clean You kirk-folka wee bit for their living!'”--_The Monastery_

The tod ne'er sped better than when he gaed his ain errand

”Every man is o about such a business himself”--_Kelly_

The tod ne'er fares better than when he's bann'd

”Spoken e are told that such people curse us, which we think is the effect of envy, the companion of felicity The fox is cursed when he takes our poultry”--_Kelly_

The tod's whalps are ill to tame

The tree doesna aye fa' at the first strake

The warld is bound to nae man

The warst may be tholed when it's kenn'd

The warst warld that ever was some man won

The water will ne'er waur the widdie

The water will never cheat the gallows; of sied,” _q v_

”A neighbour of mine was so fully persuaded of the truth of this proverb, that being in a great storraceless rake whom he supposed destined to another sort of death, cries out, O Samuel, are you here? why then, we are all safe, and so laid aside his concern”--_Kelly_

The waur luck now the better anither tis to the wa'

The wife's aye welcome that comes wi' a crooked oxter

That person is alelcos presents The ”oxter” is crooked because the ar them

The wife's ae dochter and the man's ae cow, the taen's ne'er weel and the tither's ne'er fu'

The willing horse is aye worked to death

The wolf may lose his teeth, but ne'er his nature

The word o' an honestis best kenned by the want o't

The worth o' a thing is what it will bring

The wyte o' war is at kings' doors