Page:Collection of Scots proverbs (9).pdf/21

                                21

Nane but fools an knaves lay wagers Nae Sooner up than her head's in the amry Nane can play the fool sae weel as a wise man Necessity has nae law Ne’er draw your durk when a dunt will d« Ne'er find faut wi my shoon unless ye pay the

cobler

Ne'er let on, but laugh in your sleeve Ne’er marry a widow unless her first man was

hang’d

Ne’er quat certainty for hope Ne’er seek a wife till ye ken what to do wi'

her

Neer strive against the stream Nineteen naesays o’ a maiden is half a grant.

O, P, &. Q.

O’er muckle o’ ae thing is gude for naething O' twa ills choose the least Out o’ debt, out o' danger Pay him in his ain coin Pennyless souls may pine in purgatory Possession is eleven points in the law Poor fouks are soon pish’d out Poets and Printers hae liberty to lie Put a coward to his mettle, and he’ll fight the

deil