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bye; which he thus explains: Spoken when correction is given to them that deserve it well, as if no blows were amiss but those which did not hit.

A's yours from the door doun.

i.e., outside you may claim what you please, but inside the house you have no right to anything, notwithstanding your claim.-Kelly. ABOON his fit.

i.e., above his capacity.

ABUNDANCE o' law breaks nae law.

Those who know the law best are least likely to break it.-Hislop.
Rather do more than the law requires, than less.-Kelly.

Take heed is a good reed (advice).-E. Take heed is a fair thing.-E.
Good take heed doth surely speed.-E.
Abundantia juris non nocet.-L.
And in Spanish.

AE faither's bairns.

Abundans cautela non nocet.-L.

Refers to the universal fatherhood of God.

AE fine thing needs twa to set it off.

"AE gude turn deserves another," as the deil said to the loon o' Culloden, when he hauled him doun screaming to the place ye ken o'.

Refers to the "Royal Butcher," the Duke of Cumberland.

AE gude turn may meet anither an' it were at the brig o' London.

Cast your bread upon the waters and you will find it after many days. AE hand is nae hand.

Unus vir, nullus vir.-L.

One and none is all one.-E.

AE lawsuit breeds twenty.

Litem parit lis.-L. And in E.

AE man may bring a horse to the water, when twenty winna gar him drink.

A man may bring his horse to the water, but he will choose whether he will drink.-E.

In vain do you lead the ox to the water if he be not thirsty.-Fr.

AE scone o' that baking's enough.

The sack is known by the sample.-E. So

AE shook o' that stook's enough.

When we see one we condemn the remainder.

AE year a nurish, seven years a daw.

One year a nurse and seven years the worse.-E., with reference to which Ray says: Because feeding well and doing little she becomes liquorish and gets a habit of idleness.

AFF the pin o' the wheel.

AFF the wire again.

These two sayings imply that the person addressed is wandering from the point under discussion.

AFFRONT your friend in daffin', and tine him in earnest.

"AFORE I was at this speed," quo' the tod, "I wad rather hae my tail cuttit aff."

It was said that he was taken at his word, as he immediately afterwards got into a trap which swept off his tail.-The Ettrick Shepherd, "The Brownie of Bodsbeck," ch. 13.

AFT counting keeps friends lang thegither.

Short accounts make long friends.-E.

AFT ettle, whiles hit.

Often try, occasionally succeed. He that shoots oft at last shall hit the mark.-E.

AFT times the cautioner pays the debt.

He that would be master of his own must not be bound for another.-E. AFTER a sort.

In "Rob Roy," ch. 26, Bailie Nicol Jarvie, speaking of Rob Roy says: Ay, he has a kind o' Hieland honesty; he's honest, after a sort, as they say. My faither, the deacon, used aye to laugh when he tauld me how the bye-word came up. Ane Captain Costlett was cracking crouse about his loyalty to King Charles, and clerk Pettigrew [ye'll hae heard many a tale about him] asked him after what manner he served the King when he was fighting again him at Wor'ster in Cromwell's army, and Captain Costlett was a ready body, and said that he served him after a sort. My honest faither used to laugh weel at that sport, and sae the bye-word came up.

AFTER a storm comes a calm.

Also E., Fr. and Italian.

AFTER clouds comes fair weather.

After black clouds clear weather.-E.

AFTER Lammas corn ripens by day and night.

AFTER lang mint (effort) little dint (stroke).- Fergusson.
Muckle cry, little woo. Lang mint, little dint.-Kelly.

AFTER Words comes weird, fair fa's them that ca's me madam.

After libel comes proof, let them that speak ill of me look to them. selves.-Jamieson.

AFTER yon is good manners.

Spoken to children.—Kelly.

AIR day, or late day, the fox's hide finds aye the flaying knife. "Rob Roy," ch. 27.

At length the fox is brought to the furrier; and, Every fox must pay his own skin to the flayer.-E.

The crafty are at length surprised. Thieves most commonly come to the gallows at last.-Ray.

The proverb is also found in Fr. and Italian.

AIR 'll no fill the wame.

ALBANICH!

Slogan of the Highlanders generally. Simply their distinguishing

name.

ALE-SELLERS shouldna be tale-tellers.

ALL craiks, all bears.

Spoken against bullies who keep up a great hectoring and blustering, yet when put to it, tamely pocket an affront.-Kelly.

Great barkers are not biters.-E.

ALL evil comes out o' thereaway.

"Black Dwarf," ch. 8. Meaning that danger was constantly to be apprehended from England, and when any injury was ascertained to have been done, it might safely be ascribed to the Southerns. The English Borderers retorted with the sayings,

Out of the North

All ill comes forth; and

Omne malum ab aquilaine.-L. (q. v.)

ALLOW me to make the songs of a country, and I will allow you to make its laws.-Fletcher of Salton.

AMAIST and very near hae aye been great liars.

Almost and very nigh saves many a lie.-E.

AMAIST was ne'er a man's life.

Almost was never hanged.-E.

Almost never went over a rock. -Gaelic.

Almost never got game.-Gaelic.

Almost kills no man.-Danish.

Compare, A midge is as big, etc.

AMANG you be't priests' bairns I am but a priest's oe (grandchild).

Spoken when some one has been slighted.

AMANGST twenty-four fools not one wise man.-Fergusson.

AN Aberdeen man ne'er stands to the word that hurts him.
This old saying is not very complimentary to the Aberdonians.

AN Aberdeen sweetie.

i.e., a crack on the head with a flip of the thumb.

AN admirable Crichton.

Applied to a man of great and varied attainments, or, ironically, to one of high pretensions.

The original admirable Crichton was a son of Robert Crichton, of Eliock, Dumfries-shire, where he was born in 1550, or according to other authorities, in 1560. He was remarkable for the beauty of his person and the elegance of his manners, while his soldierly skill and bravery were as conspicuous as his brilliant intellectual attainments. He was

killed at Mantua, in the 22nd year of his age, by Vincentio, the son of the Duke of Mantua.

An air winter maks a sair winter.

An early winter, a surly winter.-E.

AN Annandale end.

"Fortunes of Nigel," ch. 5. i.e., a violent death.

Adieu, my brother Annan thieves,
That helped me in my mischieves ;
Adieu, Crossars, Nicksons, and Bells,
Oft have we fared through the fells.
With King Correction be ye fangit,
Believe right sure ye will be hangit.

According to Sir David Lindsay, the above was the last dying speech of the Annandale rogues.

AN auld body's blast's sune blawn.

i.e., he soons gets out of breath.

AN auld gum broken oot again.

An old grievance revived.

AN auld Hexe.

An auld witch, later, a woman of bad character.
Compare, Gae to Heckspath, etc.

AN auld mason maks a gude barrowman.
AN auld packman maks a gude merchant.
AN auld pock is aye skailing (leaking).
AN auld threep.

"Guy Mannering,"ch. 45. An old superstition obstinately persisted in. AN auld tout on a new horn is little minded.

Little heed is paid to an old story, even though it is told in a new form.

AN eating horse ne'er foundered (stumbled).

An excuse for taking a hearty meal.

AN elbuck dirl will lang play thirl.

The effect follows the cause.

AN Eskdale souple.

i.e., a good thick stick; the striking part of a flail.-The Ettrick Shepherd, "Siege of Roxburgh," ch. 15.

AN even hand to cast a louse in the fire.

A ridicule upon them that pretend to hit a mark well, or carry a dish evenly.-Kelly.

An honest man is soon bound, and you can't bind a rogue.
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.-E.

AN ilka day braw maks a Sabbath day daw.

If we wear our best clothes at ordinary times, we will be at a loss on special occasions.

Alike ilka day maks a clout on Sunday. -Fergusson and E.

AN ill bird maun hae an ill brood.

AN ill custom is like a gude bannock-better broken than kept.

AN ill-gated coo had aye short horns.

With evil disposed persons, the will to do mischief is often greater than the power.

An ill shearer ne'er got a gude heuk.

An ill workman quarrels with his tools.-E. and Fr.

Weapon to the brave won't be wanting.-Welsh.

Also in Gaelic, Irish, and Manx.

AN ill tongue may do much.

Spoken when people mean the thing that would disappoint you, often spoken at games in merriment.-Kelly.

AN ill wife an' a new-kindled candle should hae their heads hadden doun.

Both must be done with care, caution, and discretion, otherwise you may put the candle out, and make the wife worse. They will say also, if a man complain of his wife's stubbornness, "Make a new-lighted candle of her."-Kelly.

An ill willy cow should hae short horns.

It were a pity that a man of ill nature should have much authority for he'll be sure to abuse it.-Kelly.

A curst cur should be short ty'd.-E.

An ill won penny will cast doun a pound.

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