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Either win the horse or tine the saddle. Either the tod or the fearn bush. E'ening red and morning grey, is a taiken of a bonny day. E'ening oats are gude morning fodder. E'en as ye win't say ye may wear't.  Embro' justiee, the greater the crime the sma'er the fine. Eneugh's as gude's a feast. Every ane creeshes the fat sows tail, Every ane loups the dike where it's laighest. Every craw thinks hir ain bird whitest. Every dog has his day. Every man can guide an ill wife weel but he that has her. Every man bows to the bush he gets bield frae. Every man's tale's gude till anither's be tauld. Every man at forty is a fool or a physician. Every man has his ain draff poek. Every miller wad wyse the water to his ain mill. Every thing has an end, and a pudding has twa. Experience teaches fools.

F  Faint heart never won fair lady. Fair exchange is nae robbery.--Fancy kills and cures. Fann'd fixes and fore'd love ne'er did weel. Far away fowls hae fair feathers.--Far frae court fat frae care. Far behind that may not follow.-- Fast bind, fast find, Fat paunches bode lean pows.--First come first ser'd.  Feckless foek are ay fond of ane anither. Fiddier's wives and gamester's ale are free to every body. Fiddler's dogs and flesh-flies come to feasts unca'd.  Fight dog, fight bear, wha won deil eare. Fine feathers mak fine birds.--Fools haste is nae speed. Fire and water are gude servants, but ill masters. Flaes and a girning wife are waukrife bed-fellows. Fleying a bird is no the way to grip it. Flitting of farms mak mailings dear.-- Friends 'gree best sindry.