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NATIONAL PROVERBS
SCOTLAND

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E Proverbs of a nation are not only an
epitome of its wisdom, but crystallise for
us much of its national temperament and
popular habits of thought. In no other form,
Perhaps, can the national traits be so compactly
presented as in these saws and proverbs. This is
Particularly true of Scotland, and, in the following
Pages, the vices and virtues of the Scots Peep out
from every line. In the preparation of this collection
the utmost care has been taken to unearth those
Proverbs which are in danger of falling into disuse
and are not widely known. The commonplace
Proverbs have in most cases been rejected ; little
known sources have been investigated, and every
possible effort made to get the cream of the available
material. A word of explanation is, Perhaps,
needed as to the different forms of spelling adopted.
Some readers may complain that occasionally the
full breadth of dialect in the original has not been
suggested. We must remind such readers, however,
that such a course would have resulted in the book
being entirely unintelligible to English readers, who
would have been discouraged by the necessity fot
translating word by word. In its present form it is
hoped that, without mutilating the original too
wantonly, the collection will appeal to both English
and Scotch reader*. For the assistance of the
former, a complete Glossary has been appended.
The editors will be very grateful to hear of any
good and little-known Proverbs which readers may
be able to communicate.

National Pro-verbs

SWEET i' the bed, and sweer
up i' the morning was ne'er
a guid housewife.

A' are guid lasses, but whaur do
the ill wives come frae ?

A blind man's wife needs nae
painting.

War makes thieves and peace
hangs them.

Scottish

Ye come o' the M'Taks, but no
o' the M'Gies.

The hecht o' nonsense is suppin'
soor dook wi' a fork.

Want o' wit is waur than want o'
wealth.

Poor folk seek meat for their
stamacks and rich folk stamacks
for their meat.

Richt wrangs nae man.

National Proverbs

Quick at meat, quick at wark.

A boundless hunter and a gunless
shooter aye see routh o' game.

Ill workers are aye guid on-
lookers.

He that owns the soo shud stick
nearest the tail.

Gie your tongue mair holidays
than your head.

A traveller may lee wi' authority.

Scottish

Naebody's sweetheart's ugly.

Naething's got wi'out pains save
dirt and lang nails.

Pay beforehand's ne'er weel served.

Some hae a hantle faults, ye are
only a ne'er-do-well.

It's the mou' that maks the coo.

He slippit awa like a knotless
thread.

A' ills are guid untried.

10

National Proverbs

God send ye mair sense and me
mair siller.

As wecl be oot o' the war Id as oot
o' the fashion.

A green Yule makes a grey kirk-
yard.

Ye'll ne'er be auld wi sae muckle
honesty.

They have need o' a canny cook
that have only one egg to dinner.

ii

Scottish

He drives a good waggon-load
into his farm that gets a good
wife.

You are best when ye're sleepin'.

He that's scant o' wind shoudna
middle wi' the chanter.

Kent fouk's nae company.

He was missed by the water but
caught by the widdy.

Double drinks are good for drouth.

12

National Proverbs

The thrift o' you and the woo' o'
a blue dog would mak a braw
web.

Better thole a grumph than a
sumph.

Eaten meat is ill to pay.

Better a guid coo than a coo o' a
guid kind.

He's like a flea in a blanket, aye
jumpin'.

Scottish

They are free wi' their horse that
hae nane.

If the auld wife hadna been in the
oven she ne'er would hae thocht o'
seeking her dochter there.

Be lang sick that ye may be sune
hale.

Eith keepin' the castle that's no
besieged.

After cheese, naething.

National Proverbs

You would be a sweet nut if you
were well cracked.

Please yourseP an' you'll aye
please somebody.

Ye hae fasted lang an' worried
an a midge.

Quality without quantity is little
thocht o'.

It's lang till ye cry shoo to an
cgg-

Scottish

If it werena' for the belly the
back wad wear gold.

Naething to be done in haste but
grippin' fleas.

It gangs as muckle into my heart
as my heel.

It's a dry tale that doesna end in
a drink.

He'll glower at the mune till he
fa' in the midden.

16

National Proverbs

Ye hae put a toom spoon in my
mouth.

Ye'll beguile nane but them that
lippens till ye.

Ye'll follow him lang till he lets
five shillings fall.

Ye'll neither dance nor haud the
can'le.

A body lives long after they're
laughed at.

Scottish

Your fortune's coming wi' the
blin' carrier.

Bitin' an' scartin' is Scots'-folk's

wooin'.

He rises ower-early that is hangit
ere noon.

Mony purses haud freens the-
gither.

He that hews abune his head may
get a spail in his e'e.

18

National Proverbs

They were scant o' bairns that
brocht you up.

Ae fine thing needs twa to set it
iff.

A' complain o' want o' siller,
nane complain o' want o' wit.

Ye wad dae little for God an' the
de'il were dead.

Words are but wind, but dunts
are the de'il.

Scottish

A partridge frichted is hauf-
cooked.

Ye're a guid seeker, but an ill
finder.

All bite the bitten dog.

Ye're nae chicken for a yer
cheepin'.

A winkin' cats' no aye blin'.

Ye're sair fashed wi' haudin'
naethin' thegither.

20

National Proverbs

Ane may like the kirk weel
eneuch an' no be aye ridin' on
the riggin' o't.

Bonnie birds are aye the warst
singers.

An ill-willy coo should hae short
horns.

Dinna speak o' a rope tae a chiel
wha's father was hanged.

A dog wi' a bone kens nae freens.

21

Scottish

He maun find faut that canna
mend.

Naething sae bauld as a blin'
mare.

Please yerseP and ye'll no dec i'
the pet.

An ill wife an' a new-kindled
candle should hae their heids
hadden doon.

Bocht wit maks folk wise.

22

National Proverbs

A mote in a gunner's eye is as
bad as a spike in the gun.

Dinna tie a knot wi' yer tongue
that ye canna lowse wi' yer teeth.

Better speak bauldly oot than aye
be grumphin'.

Dinna gut yer fish till ye get them.

Better say " Here it is " than
" There it was."

Ane at a time is guid fish in'.

Scottish

He's been at kirk o' crackaboot
where the kail pat was minister.

Fleying a bird is no the way to
grip it.

Better a wee ingle tae warm ye,
than a big fire tae burn ye.

Better be the heid o' the commons
than the tail o' the gentry.

He that spits against the wind
spits in his ain face.

National Proverbs

Dinna lift me afore I fa'.

He that has his haim in the lion's
mooth maun tak it oot the best
way he can.

Ne'er tak a forehammer tae brak
an egg.

He was scant o' news that said his
faither was hanged.

He'll gang mad on a horse wha's
prood on a powney.

Scottish

Butter's king o' a' creish.

Dinna tell yer fae when yer fit
sleeps.

Count like Jews an' gree like
brethren.

Better short and sweet than long
and lax.

He that does ye an ill turn will
ne'er forgie ye.

It's sair tae haud drink frae drouth.

National Proverbs

He that has a muckle nose thinks
ilka ane speaks o't.

Better sit still than rise an' fa'.

A prood heart in a puir breast has
muckle doul tae dree.

" Near - deid " ne'er filled the
kirk-yard.

Deal sma' an' serve a\

Ne'er lippen ower much tae a new
freen' or an auld enemy.

27

Scottish

A licht-heeled mother maks a
heavy-heeled dochter.

As guid may haud the stirrup as
he that loups on.

He that winna be ruled by the
rudder maun be ruled by the rock.

Nae man can live langcr at peace
than his neebors like.

He that comes o' hens maun
scrape.

28

National Proverbs

He that cheats me ance, shame fa'
him ; he that cheats me twice,
shame fa' me.

Better a finger aff than aye
waggin'.

Better half hanged than ill married.

A's but lip - wit that wants
experience.

Nearer the kirk the farrer frae
grace.

Scottish

He that has a bonnie wife needs
mair than twa e'en.

Like a Hielanman's breeks— neither
shape nor fashion.

If ye gang a year wi' a cripple,
ye'll limp at the end o't.

A spur in the head is worth twa
in the heel.

It's the life o' an auld hat tae be
well cockit.

30

National Proverbs

An ill servant ne'er made a gude
maister.

He'll tell it tae mair than he
meets.

Flit an auld tree an' it'll wither.

A thread will tie an honest man
better than a rope will a knave.

A toom hand is nae lure for a
hawk.

It's past jokin' when the heid's aff.

Scottish

Fules and bairns shouldna see
hauf-dune wark.

Langest at the fire soonest finds
cauld.

He's a causey saint an' a hoose
deil.

If ye dinna see the bottom, dinna
wade far oot.

Let him cool in the skin he het
in.

National Proverbs

A little wit scr's a lucky man.

" Hasty" was hanged, but " Speed-
o'-foot " wan awa\

Let na the ploo stand tae kill a
moose.

A' the wit i' the warld's nae in ae
pow.

Ilka blade o' grass keeps its ain
drap o' dew.

A shut mooth catches nae flees.

33

Scottish

An auld mason maks a guid
barrow-man.

He maun lout that has a laigh
door.

Ilka man buckles his belt his ain
gait.

He ate the cow an' worried on
the tail.

Guid forgie ye for gallopin' when
trottin's nae a sin.

34

National Proverbs

He hasna as much sense as a hen
could haud in her shut nieve.

An ill cook should hae a guid
cleaver.

Ne'er mi sea' a Gordon i' the raws
o' Strathbogie.

Little odds atween a feast an' a
fu' wame.

A sillerless man gangs fast through
the market.

35

Scottish

A man may woo where he may,
but he maun marry where his
weird is.

He's as welcome as snaw in hairst.

Bonnie cooks ne'er made guid
broth.

Nineteen naysays o' a maiden is
half a grant.

He's fond o' barter that niffers wi'
auld Nick.

National Proverbs

Fules are fond o' a' they fore-
gather wi'.

He has some wit, but a fule has
the guidin' o't.

Better wear shoon than sheets.

Save yerseP frae the deil an' the
laird's bairns.

Reckless youth maks ruefu' eild.

A hantle cry " Murder ! " an' are
aye upmaist.

37

Scottish

A lass that has many wooers aft
wales the warst.

He has a sliddery grip that has an
eel by the tail.

Fule's haste is nae speed.

A sinking master makes aft a
rising man.

Freends are like fiddle- strings,
theymauna be screwed ower-ticht.

A hungry wame has nae lugs.

National Proverbs

Far ahint maun follow the faster

Hunger's guid kitchen tae a cauld
potato.

Rather tine your joke than tine
your friend.

The best is aye best cheap.

Put yer hand twice tae yer bannet
for ance tae yer pooch.

Sune eneuch tae cry " chuck v
when its oot o' the shell.

39

Scottish

Praise withoot profit puts little in
the pat.

Even a young fit finds ease in an
auld bauchle.

A man canna' bear a' his kin on
his back.

God send water to the well that
folk think will ne'er run dry.

Farthest from the kirk aye soonest
at it.

National Proverbs

Get the word o' soon risin' an' ye
may lie in bed a' day.

The bairn speaks i' the field what
he hears at the fireside.

Marry your son when you will
and your dochter when you can.

Honest men marry soon— wise
men never.

Fancy was a bonnie dog but For-
tune took the tail frae 't.

Scottish

He's either a' honey or a' dirt.

Every man kens best where his
ain shoe binds him.

Hang a thief when he's young
an' he'll ne'er steal when he's auld.

" Hame's hamely," quo' the deil,
when he found himself in the
Court o' Session.

I ne'er lo'ed meat that crawed in
my craigie.

National Proverbs

He that winna be counselled
canna5 be helped.

He that lends money to a friend
has a double loss.

Glasses an' lasses are brittle ware.

Little wit in the pow that lights
the candle at the lowe.

If ye sell your purse tae your wife,
gie her yer breeks tae the bargain.

The deils aye guid tae his ain.

43

Scottish

Ne'er marry a widow unless her
first man was hanged.

As cankered as a coo wi' ae horn.

Gin ye hadna been amang the
craws ye wadna hae been shot.

Hanging's sair on the e'esicht.

We can drink o' the burn when
we canna' bite o' the brae.

Far away fowls hae fine feathers.
Leave welcome ahint yc.

National Proverbs

We can poind for debt, but no for
unkindness.

Ye ca' hardest at the nail that
drives the fastest.

A bonnie bride's soon buskit.
A mear's shoe will fit a horse.

He gaes lang barefit that waits on
dead men's shoon.

He has a saw for a' sairs.
Guid claes open a' doors.

45

Scottish

Fair folk are aye fushionless.

Far sought an' dear bought is good
for ladies.

Every man can guide an ill wife
weel but him that has her.

Friends gree best sindry.

Now is now— Yule's i' the winter.

I ken him as weel as if I had gaen
through him wi' a lichted can'le.

It's no lost what a freend gets.
~

National Proverbs

Love yer freens an' look tae yersel.

Lauch at leisure, ye may greet ere
nicht.

Ne'er draw your dirk when a dunt
will do.

Nane are sae weel as they that
hope to be better.

My market's made, ye may kiss a
whup-shaft.

Coont again is no forbidden.

47

Scottish

Nacthing's got without pains but
an ill name*

A quarrelsome tyke comes limping
hame.

A shave aff a new-cut loaf's ne'er
missed.

Bairns are certain care but nae
sure joy.

Hearts may gree though heads
may differ.

National Proverbs

Gaunting bodes want o' ane o'
three things— sleep, meat or guid
company.

Fair maidens carry nae purses.

A guid tale's nane the waur o'
bein' twice tauld.

As lang lives the merry man as
the sad.

In ower muckle clavering truth is
lost.

49

Scottish

Every bean has its black.

He who tells his wife a' is but
newly married.

O' a little, tak a little ; when
there's naught, tak a'.

Marry abune yer match an' get
yer maister.

The grace o' a grey bannock is in
the baking o't.

A's yours frae the door oot.

National Proverbs

A man may spit on his neive an'
do but little.

An ill plea should be well pled.

Poor folk's friends soon misken
them.

Ony thing for you about an honest
man's house but a day's wark.

Next to nae wife a gude ane's
best.

Aye in a hurry ; aye ahint.

Scottish

God comes wi' leaden feet, but
strikes wi' iron hands.

A dog winna yowl if you fell him
wi' a bane.

A rich man's wooing's no lang
a-doing.

Double charges rive cannons.

Before ye choose a friend, eat a
peck o' saut wi' him.

Ca' canny an' flee laigh.

National Proverbs

The blin' man's peck should be
well measured.

The Englishman greets, the Irish-
man sleeps, but the Scotchman
gangs till he gets it.

A hungry man has aye a lazy
cook.

Do as the lassies do— say "No,"
an5 tak' it.

Come unca'd, sit unserv'd.

53

Scottish

Courtesy is cumbersome to him
that kens it na.

Barefooted folk shouldna tread on
thorns.

Experience keeps a dear schule,
but fools will learn in nae ither.

That will be when the de'ils blin'
an' he's no blear-e'cd yet.

Send you to the sea an' ye'll no
get saut water.

54

National Proverbs

Ower muckle homeliness spoils
good courtesy.

Mair are drooned in drink than
in water.

Marry for love an' work for siller.
Gie ower while the play's good.

Heedna " says " or ye'll ne'er sit
at ease.

Foul water slockens fire.
Measure twice, cut but once.

55

Scottish

Nae swat, nae sweet.
Nae freend like the penny.

Send yer gentle bluid tae the
market an' see what it'll buy.

Pigs may whustle, but they hae
an ill mooth for it.

A gaun fits' aye gettin,' were it
but a thorn or a broken tae.

A good lawyer may be an ill
neighbour.

National Proverbs

Eagles flee alane, but sheep haud
thegither.

Bachelors' wives an* auld maids'
bairns are aye weel bred.

Dirt bodes luck.

Eat your fill but pouch nane, is
the gardener's law.

Dinna lee for want o' news.

He that stumbles twice at a stane
deserves to break his shin bane.

57

Scottish

He left his siller in his ither pooch.

A fisherman's walk— twa steps and
overboard.

A greedy e'e ne'er got a guid
pennyworth.

Fules ravel and wise men redd.

He has a guid judgment that
doesna lippen tae his ain.

The greedy man an' the cook are
sure freends.

National Proverbs

Put twa pennies in a purse, an'
they'll creep thegither.

Keep guid company, an' ye'll be
coonted ane o' them.

Put a coward on his mettle an'
he'll fight the deil.

The de'il's aye guid tae beginners.

Lock yer door and keep yer
neeboors honest.

O' a? ills, nane's best.

59

Scottish

Quick, for ye'll ne'er be cleanly.

It's ower weel hoarded that canna
be found.

Little does the poor gude, an' as
little get they.

Sae mony men, sae mony minds.

Naething's ill to be dune when
will's at hame.

The deil's a busy bishop in his
ain diocese.

60

National Proverbs

Maidens want nacthing but a man,
an' then they want a' thing.

Mony ane kisses the bairn for
love o' the nurse.

Keep yer ain cart grease for yer
ain cart wheels.

Ill-won gear winna enrich the
third heir.

Look before you loup, ye'll ken
better how tae light.

61

Scottish

Every man toots his ain horn best.

If this be a feast I hae been at
mony.

Tak wit wi' your anger.

Lang and sma', guid for naething
ava.

Jeddart justice— first hang a man,
then try him.

A dirty hand maks a clean hearth-
stane.

62

National Proverbs

Law's costly ; tak a pint an' gree,

Wae's the wife that wants her
tongue, but weel's the man that's
got her.

The de'il's bairns hae aye their
daddy's luck.

Ye cut lang whangs oot o' ither
folks leather.

We can live without our kin, but
no without our neebours.

Scottish

Keep hamc, and hame will keep
you.

A wee bush is better than nac
beild.

Ac hand winna wash the ither for
nowt.

Fleas an' a girnin' wife are wake-
rife bedfellows.

Every man's tale is guid till
anither's be tauld.

National Proverbs

Gude ware maks a quick market.

A' are na maidens that wear bare
hair.

Better wooed o'er midden nor
o'er moss.

When you are serv'd a' the geese
are watered.

He that does his turn in time sits
hauf idle.

If a' things are true that's nae lee.

Scottish

He's auld an5 cauld, and ill to lie
beside.

He shud sit fu still that has a
riven breek.

It's an ill fight where he that wins
has the warst o't.

He that blaws on stoor fills his
ain e'en.

Ilka man as he likes : I'm for the
cook.

66

National Proverbs

Gunpowder is hasty eldin.

I would not be deeved wi your
keckling for a' your eggs.

Better a lean horse than a toom
halter.

He'll whistle a lerrick out o' the
lift.

Buy what you dinna want, an
youl'l sell what you canna spare.

Scottish

A' the wealth o' the warld is i' the
weather.

God send ye readier meat than a
runnin' hare.

Marry a beggar an' get a louse for
a tocher.

He had guid skill o' horse flesh
who bought a goose to ride on.

Serve yoursel' till your bairns
grow up.

National Proverbs

It's a sair time when the moose
looks oot o' the meal barrow wi'
a tear in its e'e.

The redder's lick is aye the warst
o' the battle.

Ne'er seek a wife till you ken
what to do wi' her.

It's nae lauchin' tae girn in a
widdy.

His eggs hae a' twa yolks.

~

Scottish

He'll either mak' a spune or spoil
a horn.

A guid Scotch louse is aye haddin'
south.

Everythin' has an end, but a
puddin' has twa.

Guid folks are scarce : tak care o'
me.

The loodest bummer's no the
best bee.

70

National Proverbs

Your head's nae sooner up than
your stomach's yappin.

Folks talk o' my drink, but never
talk o' my drouth.

That's well awa', as the husband
said when his wife swallowed her
tongue.

I'll pay you, an' put nae thing in
your pooch.

Fu' o' courtesy, fu' o' craft.

Scottish

A man may love a haggis that
wouldna hae the bag bladded in
his teeth.

A kiss and a drink o' water is but
a wersh disjune.

A man is of little use when his
wife's a widow.

Aye take the fee when the tear's
in the e'e.

He lo'ed mutton that licked where
the ewie lay.

72

National Proverbs

A toom pooch gaes quickly
through the market.

You may drive the deil into a
wife, but ye'll ne'er ding him
oot o' her.

The Scot will not fight till he sees
his ain bluid.

A dog's life— muckle ease an'
muckle hunger.

He's awfii' big ahint the door.

73

Scottish

Your purse was steiket when that
was paid for.

The banes o' a great estate are
worth picking.

Gin a body be gaun doon the
brae ilka ane 'ill gie him a jundy.

Better fush saut than fush stinkin'.

-•*

Ae saint maks twenty sinners.
A' cracks are no to be trowed.

74

National Proverbs

There's baith meat an' music here,
quo' the dog, when he ate the
piper's bag.

Better play for naething than work
for naething.

He blushes like a beggar at a
bawbee.

It's an awfu' sign o' rain when you
hear it amon' the cabbage.

75

Scottish

Mony a ane would blush to hear
what he wouldna blush to do.

A man may see his friend in need
that winna see his pow bleed.

The wife's aye welcome that comes
wi' a crooked oxter.

It's aye guid to be ceevil, as the
auld wife said when she beckit to
the de'il.

76

National Proverbs

Twa hands may do in ae dish but
ne'er in ae purse.

Better haud by a hair than draw
by a tether.

He gangs awa at an ill time that
ne'er comes back again.

There never was a slut but had a
slit, there never was a daw but
had twa.

77

Scottish

A thrawn question should hae a
thrawart answer.

A groanin' wife and a gruntin'
horse ne'er failed their master.

Saut, quoth the souter, when he
had eaten the coo a' but the tail.

He would tine his lugs if they
were no tacked to him.

Auld wives were aye guid maidens.

National Proverbs

He that has but a e'c maun tent
that weel.

A wife's ae dochter is neither guid
nor gracey.

Mony a thing's made for the
penny, as the auld wife said, when
she saw a black man.

King's cheese goes hauf away in
pairings.

79

Scottish

It's easier to big lums than keep
them reeking.

She brak her elbow at the kirk
door.

When ilka ane gets their ain the
thief will get the widdy.

Ye'll learn your faither to get
bairns.

Lang may yer lum reek.

80

National Proverbs

He canna haud meal in his mou'
an' blaw.

You're like the man as lept o'er
the mare, you cannot do but you
o'er-do.

Gin the lift fa' there'll be catchin'
o' lerricks.

Muckle cry and little woo', as the
deil said when he clippit the soo.

Muckle has, would aye hae mair.

81

Scottish

You're ane o' the tender Gordons,
you're feared to be hang't for
hurting your neck,

A new pair o' breeks will cast
down an auld coat.

Ye hae guid mainners, but ye
dinna cairry them aboot wi' ye.

A dish o' married love sune grows
cauld.

Dumb men win nae land.

82

National Proverbs

The e'enin' brings a' hame.

A man at five may be a fool at
fifteen.

Auld folks are twice bairns,

He's ower auld a cat tae draw a
straw afore.

Eat-weel's Drink-weel's brither.

Ae hour in the morning is worth
twa after noon.

Scottish

Better bow to my faes than beg
from my friends.

He's worth nae weel that can bide
nae wae.

Nane can make a bore but ye'll
find a pin tilPt.

He has muckle prayer but little
devotion.

Every man bows tae the bush he
gets beild frae.

National Proverbs

Guid watch hinders harm.
Better unborn than untaught.

In the frost the nail is worth the
horse.

Canna' has nae craft.

Nae weather's ill if the wind be
still

We'll meet ere hill's meet.

Scottish

We'll bark oorsels' ere we buy
dogs sae dear.

Ill payers are aye guid cravers.
The happy man canna be herried.

Wark bears witness o' wha does
weel.

Ower many grieves hinder the
wark.

See for love an' buy for money.

86

GLOSSART

a'

all bluid

blood

aboot

about

bocht

bought

abune

above

bodes

presages

ae

one

body

person

an'

if (occasionally)

brae

hill

aff

off

brak

break, broke

•hint

behind

braw

fine, handsome

ain

own

brocht

brought

alane

alone

bummer

buzzer

ance

once

burn

stream

ane

one

buskit

dressed,

a' thing

everything

adorned

auld

old

ca'

knock

ava

at all

ca' canny

to drive softly

aye

always

or manage

cautiously

baith

both

ca'd

called (some-

bane

bone

times

bannet

bonnet, cap

' knocked ')

bannock

a round, flat

cankered

peevish, ill-

cake, gene-

tempered

rally of oat-

can'le

candle

meal

canna'

cannot

bauchle

slipper

cauld

cold

bauldly

boldly

causey

pavement,

bawbee

half-penny

causeway

beckit

curtsied

chancy

lucky, fortu-

beild

shelter

nate

besom

broom

chanter

the fingering

big

build

part of a

binks

benches

bagpipe

bladded

slapped

chiel

child or person

blaw

blow

claes

clothes

bleare'ed

blear eyed

claverin'

gossipping,

blin'

blind

chattering

87

GLOSSART

cockit

set jauntily dune

done

collop

portion, slice

dung

beaten

coo

cow

dunt

punch, a blow

coont

count

e'e

eye

cracks

chats

e'enin'

evening

craigie

steading, home

eild

age

craws
crawed

crows
crowed

eith
eldin

easy, easily
fuel

creish

grease

enuch

enough

croon

the crown, the

ewie

ewe

top of any-

fa'

fall

thing

farrer

further

crouse

bold, brisk,

fashed

troubled

cheerful

fat

what

cumbersome

clumsy,

faut

fault

encumbering

fit

foot

daw

sluggard

flee

fly

dee'd

died

flees

flies

deeved

deafened

fleying

to frighten or

de'il

devil

scare

ding

knock

forgie

forgive

dinna

do not

fouk

folk

dirk

dagger

frae

from

disjune

breakfast

f rich ted

frightened

doesna or

fule

fool

disna

does not

fush

fish

dochter

daughter

fushionless

insipid

dook

milk (local

meaning)

gaen

gone

dour

sorrow, fatigue gait

way, or fashion

drap

drop gangs

goes

dree

to endure, or ! gar

make

undergo gaun-

going

drooned

drowned

gaunting

yawning

drouth

thirst

gear

goods

88

GLOSSARY

gentle

well-born, hantle

good many

gentlemanly

haud

hold

gie

give

hauden

holden

gin

if

hauf-dune

half-done

girn

grin

haun

hand

glower

gaze, scowl

heedna'

heed not

gracey

well behaved

hecht

height

graip

a dung fork

heid

head

gree

agree

het

heated

greets

weeps

hinmost

hindmost

grumphin'

grunting

hoose

house

gude

good

guid

good

ilka

each

guidit

guided

ill

bad

ills

evils

ha1

hall

ill-willy

ill-natured

hadden

held

ingle

fire

haddin'

holding, going

ither

other

hae

have

haggis

a sheep's maw, kail

broth made of

containing

greens

the minced

keck ling

cackling

lungs, heart

keeks

peeps

and liver of

ken

know

the sheep

kenna

know not

mixed and

kent

known

cooked with

kin

kindred

oatmeal, suet.

kirk

church

onions,

kitchen

relish or season

pepper, and

to food

i

salt

laigh

low

bairst

harvest

lang

long

hame

home lauch

laugh

hameliness

homeliness lauchin'

laughing

hangit

hanged lave

remainder

89

GLOSSARY

lee

lie

naething

nothing

len'

lend

nane

none

lerricks

larks

neive

hand, fist

lichted

lighted

nay says

refusals

lift

sky

neebors

neighbours

lippen

trust

niffers

bargains,

lo'ed

loved

higgles

loup

leap

no

not

louse

lice

lout

bow

o'

of

lowe

fire

oo

wool

lowse

loose

oot

out

lugs

ears

ower

over

oxter

arm. Strictly

M'Gie

a play on ' gie '

speaking, the

or give

armpit. A

M'Tak

a play on ' tak '

' crookit

or ' take '

oxter ' sug-

mainners

manners

gests some-

mair

more

thing carried

maks

makes

maun

must

pat

pot

mauna

must not

pet

tiff

mear

mare

pit

put

midden

dunghill

ploo

plough

middle

meddle, inter-

poind

sue

fere

pooch

pocket

misken

fail to recog-

pow

head

nise

powney

pony

mony

many

prood

proud

moose

mouse

mou'

mouth

ravel

to tangle, or

muckle

much or big

put in confu-

mune

moon

sion

nae

no raw

a kind of street

90

GLOSSART

1 redder 's

soom

swim

lick1

the blow that

soor

sour

falls to one

souter

cobbler

who tries to

sowder

solder,

part

combine

combatants

spail

splinter or chip

redd

untangle, or

spune

spoon

put straight

stane

stone

reeking

smoking

steekit

shut, fastened

remead

remedy

stoor

smoke

richt

right

stots

young bull

rive

burst

sumph

blockhead

riven

burst

sune

soon

routh

plenty

swat

sweat

sweer

sour

sae

so

synd

rinse

sair

sore, painful

•ant

salt

tae

to

saw

salve, or

tae

toe

ointment

tangs

prongs of a fork

scarten1

scratching

tauld

told

scbule

school

tent

guard, care

ser'

serve

thegither

together

shave

slice

thole

bear

shoudna

should not

thrawart

perverse,

shoon

shoes

ill-tempered

siller

silver

thrawn

perverse,

sindry

asunder, apart

ill-tempered

sliddery

slippery

till

to

slocken

slake, quench

tine

lose

slut

dirty, worthless

tocher

dowrie

woman

tod

fox

sma'

small

toom

empty

snaw

snow

toots

blows

soo

sow twa

two

GLOSSARY

trowed

believed

weird

fate

tyke

dog

wersh

tasteless

whangs

thongs, slices

unca'd

uncalled

wha's

whose

whup-shaft

whip-shaft

wa'

wall

whustle

whistle

wae's

sad is

wi'

with

wake-rife

sleepless

widdy

gallows

wales

choose, selects

winna

will not

wame

belly

woo"

wool

wan

won, or got

wrang

wrong

wants

lacks

wark

work

yappin'

crying for food

warst

worst

ye

you

waur

worse

yer

your

weel

well

yowl

howl

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