Part 99 (2/2)

They should kiss the gudewife that in the gude, but ne'er think o'who neither considerit, or what provocations I have had”--_Kelly_

They that bourd wi' cats may count upon scarts

They that burn you for a witch will lose their coals

Applied to stupid people who pretend to be very clever ”nobody will take you for a conjuror”--_English_

They that co at the door

They that deal wi' the deil get a dear pennyworth

They that drink langest live langest

They that get neist best are no ill aff

”'Well, ood friend,' said Tyrrel, 'the upshot of all this is, I hope, that I am to stay and have dinner here?' 'What for no?'

replied Mrs Dods 'And that I aer?' 'I dinna ken that,' said the daet neist best are no ill aff in this warld'”--_St Ronan's Well_

They that get the word o' sune rising may lie a' day

They that hae et rumphin'

They that hide ken where to seek

”What! the siller?--Ay, ay--trust him for that--they that hide ken best where to find--he wants to wile hiuinea, and then escape to his ain country, the landlouper”--_The Antiquary_

They that laugh in the ht

They that lie down for love should rise up for hunger

They that like the est fetch wood farthest

They that lose seek, they that find keep

They that reen, their sorrow is sune seen

”It is rather strange that green, the reeable of all colours, should have been connected by superstition with calamity and sorrow To this day, in the north of Scotland, no young wo day”--_Robert Chambers_

They that love maist speak least

They that never filled a cradle shouldna sit in ane