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 Fancy kills and fancy cures.

Far-away fowls have fair feathers.

Far behind that may na follow.

Feekless fowk are ay fain of ane anither.

Fidlers dogs and flesh-flies come to feasts unca'd.

Fine feathers make fine birds.

Fire and water are good servants but ill masters.

Fleas and a girning wife are wakerise bedfellows.

Fleying a bird is no the gate to grip it.

Fools shou’d na ha’e chapping sticks.

Fools shou’d na sae wark that’s ha’f done.

Fools make feasts, and wise fowk eat them,

The wise make jests, and fools repeat them.

For foshion’s sake, as dogs gang to the market.

Forbid a fool a thing, and that he will do.

Fore-warn’d ha’f-arm’d.

Foul water fire.

Friendship canna stand ay on ae side.

Fresh fish and poor friends grow soon ill-far’d.

Frost and fa’shood have baith a dirty wa’-gang.

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Gear is easier gain’d than guided.

Gentle paddocks have lang taes.

Giff-gaff make good-friends.

Give a dog an ill name and he’ll soon be hang'd.

Give a man luck and fling him into the sea.

Give o’er while the play’s good.

Give them tow enough and they’ll hang themsells.

Give you an inch you’ll take an ell.

Glasses and lasses are bruckle ware.

Good ale needs nae wisp.

Good bairns ha’e ay broken brows.

Good fowks are scarce, tare care of ane.

Good fishing in drumly waters.

Good ware makes a quick market.

Gowd may be dear cost.

Great barkers are nae biters.

Greedy fowk have lang arms.

Gut nae fish till ye get them.