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 SCOTS PROVERBS. —

A BEGUN turn it hauf ended. A blate cat maks a aroud moufe. A blyth heart maks a blooming look. A bonny bride is foon buskit. A borrowed lea’ fhould gae laughing hame. A cock's ay croufe on his a'n midden-head, A cramm’d kyte mak’s a crazy carcafe. A daft nurfe mats a wife wean. A denk maiden maks a dirty wife. A drink is fhorter than a tale. A dry fummer ne'er made a dear peck. A dumb man wins nae law. A burd in hand’s worth twa in the bufh. A fool may win money, but it taks a wife man to keep it. Ae gude turn deferves anither. Ae hour's cauld will fuck out feven years heat. Ae man may lead a horfe to the water, but twenty winna gar him drink. Ae man’s meat’s anither man's pofoin Ae fwallow maks nae fummer. Ae fcabbed fheep will the hale