Scottish proverbs

The men o' the east are pykin their geese, and sendin' their feathers here-awa there-awa.

A dish o' married love right sune grows cauld, and dosens drown to nane as folk grow auld.

If ye had as little money as ye have manners, ye would be the poorest man of all your kin.

A fool is happier thinking weel o' himself than a wise man is of others thinking weel o' him.

Married folk are like rats in a trap -- fain to get others in, but fain to be out themselves.

One should watch out for a very trifling or lame reason given for something that has been done.

To keep their ain hole clean, the minister's wife should put away old things as often as needed.

I winna mak a toil o' a pleasure, quo' the man when he buried his wife and was asked to speed it up.

The thatcher said unto his man, Let's raise this ladder if we can. - But first let's drink, maister.

He that borrows and bigs, maks feasts and thigs, drinks an's no dry, nane a' these three are thrifty.

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