Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... purse longs to be rid of it.-E. He that shows his purse bribes the thief . - Kelly . Bad keeping makes many thieves .-- Gaelic . Opportunity makes the thief . So Fr. Occasio facit furem . - L . Where a chest lieth open a righteous man ...
... purse longs to be rid of it.-E. He that shows his purse bribes the thief . - Kelly . Bad keeping makes many thieves .-- Gaelic . Opportunity makes the thief . So Fr. Occasio facit furem . - L . Where a chest lieth open a righteous man ...
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... purse seems to be the only friend at Court , for without that there is nothing there but neglect and empty promises . " A friend in Court is better than a crown in the purse , or than a cow in the fold . - Gaelic . Also Irish and Welsh ...
... purse seems to be the only friend at Court , for without that there is nothing there but neglect and empty promises . " A friend in Court is better than a crown in the purse , or than a cow in the fold . - Gaelic . Also Irish and Welsh ...
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... purse maks a haverin ' merchant . A full purse makes the mouth run over.-E. Another version is , A fu ' purse maks a man speak , i.e. , gives him courage . A FU ' sack can bear a clout i ' the side . i.e. , a slight misfortune does not ...
... purse maks a haverin ' merchant . A full purse makes the mouth run over.-E. Another version is , A fu ' purse maks a man speak , i.e. , gives him courage . A FU ' sack can bear a clout i ' the side . i.e. , a slight misfortune does not ...
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... purse makes a light heart . A light purse makes a heavy heart . - E . A HEN that lays thereout should hae a white nest egg . Efforts should be made to render home attractive to those who are disposed to wander . A HIGHLAND Cap . Ten ...
... purse makes a light heart . A light purse makes a heavy heart . - E . A HEN that lays thereout should hae a white nest egg . Efforts should be made to render home attractive to those who are disposed to wander . A HIGHLAND Cap . Ten ...
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... purse wi ' three fardens i ' the corner o't dinna sort weel thegither . A HOUSE in a hastrie is dounricht wastrie . A HOUSE wi ' a reek , and a wife wi ' a reard , will make a man rin to the door . Smoke , a dripping roof , and a ...
... purse wi ' three fardens i ' the corner o't dinna sort weel thegither . A HOUSE in a hastrie is dounricht wastrie . A HOUSE wi ' a reek , and a wife wi ' a reard , will make a man rin to the door . Smoke , a dripping roof , and a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeenshire Antiquary applied auld bairns baith banes Berwickshire better bird bonny bread Bride of Lammermoor called canna Castle cauld Compare deil dinna doun drink Earl Edinburgh English say Ettrick Shepherd Fair Maid fish fool Fortunes of Nigel frae Gaelic Galt's gang gude Guy Mannering hame hand haud hauf head Heart of Midlothian Henderson Highland horse ilka ither kail keep Kelly King laird Lord Maid of Perth maidens mair man's married maun meat milk mony muckle naething ne'er never Old Mortality ower parish person Perth phrase poor proverb purse Redgauntlet Refers rhyme Rob Roy Ronan's Scotland Scots Scottish siller Spoken stane THERE'S thing toun wark waur Waverley weel wife winna YE hae ye'll YE'RE
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Página 94 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Página 81 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!
Página 208 - It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o...
Página 100 - Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps.
Página 324 - Hesperus ! thou bringest all good things — Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer, To the young bird the parent's brooding wings, The welcome stall to the...
Página 246 - March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.
Página 193 - If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain Winter is gone and will not come again.
Página 180 - The Man in the Wilderness The Man in the Wilderness asked of me, "How many strawberries grow in the sea?" I answered him, as I thought good, "As many red herrings as grow in the wood.
Página 302 - GRACE. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down the Nith, An' past the mouth o
Página 9 - A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent With his yearly Rent Will buy 'em out all three.