HOOLY and fairly gangs lang in a day. "The Antiquary," ch. 8; and Hooly and fairly men ride lang journeys. -Fergusson. Soft and fair goes far journeys, and He that goes softly, goes safely.-E. HOOSLY tattie broo, Gars the swine skunner, gars the dougs spue, Gars the lass o' our toun change her hue. The potatoe broth of Horsely has become a county proverb. say it was poisoned, and a young woman in a state of pregnancy poisoned by partaking of it. Some Horsely is a large farm in the parish of Coldingham, Berwickshire.-Dr. Henderson. HOPE hauds up the head. Hope helps.-E. HOPE is sawin' while death is mawin'. HOPERS go to hell.-Kelly. Hell is full of good meanings and good wishes, and Hell is paved with good intentions.-E. HORSE and hattock. The well-known cry of the fairies when mounting for a moonlight expedition. Came to be familiarly applied on any occasion of mount. ing." Fair Maid of Perth," ch. 7. HORSES are gude of all hues. A good horse never had an ill colour.-E. HOUGH'S i' the pat. In the old Border reiving days, when the beef was getting done, the lady of the house served up a pair of spurs on a trencher, or significantly remarked to the chief in the hearing of his men, Hough's i' the pat,' meaning that only the leg bones of the last bullock were left. Dishing up spurs. i.e., dining off a whetstone. A Barmecide feast.-E. HOUSE gaes mad when women gad. "Fortunes of Nigel," ch. 4. A rouk toun's seldom a good housewife at home.-Yorkshire. "A rouk toun" is a gossiping housewife, who loves to go from house to house.-Ray. HOUSES within themselves. 66 'Guy Mannering," ch. 36. Also called self-contained houses, in which the whole building is occupied by one family, as distinguished from those structures which are divided into flats, each containing a separate dwelling. Hour your dogs and bark yoursel'. A sharp return to those that say "Hout" to us, which is a word of contempt; in Latin, apage !-Kelly. How by yourself, burn'd be the mark. The Scots, when they compare person to person, or limb to limb, will say, "Blist be the mark." This is spoken when other people throw up to us what we think agrees better to themselves, and instead of the blessing, add this imprecation. -Kelly. How came you and I to be so great? Spoken when our inferiors are too familiar with us.-Kelly. How was Rome bigg'd? An answer to them who ask how such and such a thing is to be done. -Kelly. HOWBURN stands its lee lane, Howburn folk are a' gane. The Pest has come by the water doun, And hasna left a soul i' th' toun; The nettles grow on the hearth stane, It is said that some hundred years ago the inhabitants of the estate of HUMAN nature is nae better than its ca'ed. HUMBLE worth and honest pride gar presumption stand aside. HUNGER has sharp een ; and, A hungry man sees far. HUNGER is hard in a hale man. i.e., to a healthy stomach. HUNGER me and I'll harry thee. If servants get not their meat honestly and decently, they will neglect their master's business, or embezzle his goods.-Kelly. HUNGER waits only eight days. A starved man is sooner or later driven to desperation. HUNGER'S gude kitchen to a cauld potato, but a wet divot to the lowe o' love. Hunger is good sauce to common meat, but a damper to love.Hislop. Hunger's gude kitchen or sauce is a universal saying. It occurs in HUNGER'S ill to bide. HUNGRY stewards wear mony shoon. And in English. HUNT the gowk another mile | On the first o' Aprile. A greeting to an April fool. On the first of April You may send a gowk whither you will.-E. So HUNTING the gowk or cuckoo. i.e., a sleeveless errand.-E. A gowk's errand. HURRY no man's cattle. Quentin Durward," ch. 7. HUSH ye, hush ye, little pettie, Hush ye, hush ye, do not fret ye, And the Black Douglas shall not get ye. The good Sir James Douglas, the friend of Bruce, is the subject of this rhyme. His name had become so formidable that women used to sing these words to their children in order to frighten them. HUTTON for auld wives, | Broadmeadows for swine; Crossrig for lint and woo', | Spittal for kail, Sunwick for cakes and cheese, | And lasses for sale. Places in the parish of Hutton, Berwickshire.-Dr. Henderson. Hyndhaugh brig shall slide away; A packman in the 17th century left a sum of money to build a bridge over the Whitadder, with an injunction to build it near the foot of Billy Burn. This order was not obeyed, and as the bridge was being built at Hindhaugh, a voice was heard chanting the above rhyme. This rhyme is ascribed by Henderson to George Lennox, schoolmaster at Chirnside, in the 17th century. The bridge was swept away by a flood; part of one of the abutments still remains. I. I ANCE gied a dog hansel', an' he was hanged ere night. Used as a reason for not giving a gratuity, intimating that it would harm rather than benefit a person.-Hislop. I BAKE nae bread by your shins. Or, I am not indebted to you for any obligation.—Hislop. I BID you bide Wardlaw! The slogan of the Maxwells. Wardlaw is a hill overlooking Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfries-shire, the rendezvous of the clan.-Chambers. I BROUGHT him aff the moor for God's sake, and he begins to bite the bairns. He has brought up a bird to pick out his eyes; and, Put a snake in your bosom and it will sting when it is warm.-E. I CAN neither mak' buff nor stye o't. i.e., neither heads nor tails; one thing, or another. I CAN scarce believe ye, ye speak so fair. I CAN see as far through a millstane as ye can through a fir deal. Galt's "Entaii," ch. 97. I CANNA afford ye baith tale and lugs. Spoken to a person who is inattentive to what has been said to him, and who asks to have it repeated.-Hislop. He must tell you a tale and find your ears.-E. I CANNA be fashed. An expression of impatience. I CARENA if the rest were at Bamph (Banff). I CARENA the black afore my nail about it. The Ettrick Shepherd, “ Adventures of Basil Lee." I CARENA Whether the fire gae about the roast, or the roast gae about the fire, if the meat be made ready. i.e., if the end is accomplished, no matter how it is done. I CARENA Whether the tod worry the goose, or the goose worry the tod. I COULD ha'e done that mysel', but no sae weel. I DINNA care a crack o' my thoom for him. "The Antiquary," ch. 25. M I DINNA care a tinkler's curse. An expression of supreme indifference. I GIED him an affcome. i.e., a downsetting-offset. I GOT my supper. i.e., something has happened to spoil my appetite. Refers to a star.-Chambers. I HAD better kail in my cog, and never gave them a catch. Answer to them who chaff a girl about a suitor she dislikes. Refers to the practice of reapers throwing up their broth to cool them, which they can do without losing a drop.-Kelly. I HAD but little butter, an' that I coost on the coals. The little thing I had I mismanaged.-Kelly. I threw the heive after the hatchet.-E. I HAD died unless I had gone through with it—Periissem ni periissem. One of the Anstruthers of that ilk, finding that an antagonist with whom he had fixed a friendly meeting, was determined to take the opportunity of assassinating him, prevented the hazard by dashing out his brains with a battle axe. Two sturdy arms brandishing a battle axe, with the above motto, form the usual crest of the family. The motto of the Vernons, “Ver non semper viret," and the motto of the Onslows, "Festina lente," are, like this phrase, examples of what is called canting or punning heraldry. -Note M to "Waverley.” I HAD nae mind I was married, my bridal was sae feckless. Forgetting the marriage from the wretchedness of the wedding.-Gaelic. i.e., a circumstance was of so little importance that no notice was taken of it.-Hislop. I HAE a lang clue to wind. i.e., much to accomplish, and difficult work. I have a tangled skein of it to wind off.-E. I HAE a Scotch tongue in my head, if they speak I'se answer. "Rob Roy," ch. 26. I HAE a workman's eye in my head.—Kelly. |