in the matter, and did not know on which side he fought. So, to fight for your own hand like Henry Wynd, passed into a proverb. See "Rob Roy," note E, and "Fair Maid of Perth," ch. 34.

EVERY man for his ain hand, as John Jelly fought.

John Jelly interposed in a fight between two men, and on being asked on which side he was, answered, "for his own hand," and beat them both.-Kelly.

For his own hand, as the smith was in the field.-Gaelic.

EVERY man has his ane bubbly Jock.

Every peat has its own smoke.-Gaelic.
To every one his own care.-Welsh.
Every one thinks his sack heaviest.-E.
Every heart hath its own ache.-E.

Dean Ramsay relates a story of a parish idiot who, "like the rest of mankind, had his own trials, and his own cause for anxiety and annoyance." He stood in great awe of the big turkey at one of the farms in his round, and when a friend reminded him how comfortable he was, he admitted the truth of the remark generally, but still, like others, he had his own peculiar grief which sorely beset his path in life. There was a secret presence which had embittered his life, and to his friend he thus opened his heart: "Ae, ae, but oh, I'm sare hadden doun wi' the bubbly jock." i.e., sorely kept under by the turkey cock.

EVERY man has his ain draff poke, though some hang eider than others.

"Eider," more prominently. The two preceding sayings are similar, but in the latter it is admitted that faults or imperfections appear more prominently in some than in others.

EVERY man kens best where his ain sair lies.

Everyone feels his own headache. -Gaelic.

A man feels his own hurt sorest.-Irish.

EVERY man kens best where his ain shoe binds him.

We have here the well known Latin proverb, originated by Paulus Aemilius, who, when asked by his wife's relatives what fault he had to find with his lady, as he refused to live with her, replied, "None of you know where the shoe pinches." This proverb is found in Gaelic, Fr., Italian, Spanish, and German.

EVERY man's blind in his ain cause.

Self love is a mote in every man's eye.-E.

EVERY man's man had a man, and that gar'd the Threase fa'.

The Threase was a strong castle built by "The Black Douglas." The governor left a deputy, and he a substitute, by whose negligence the castle was taken and burn'd.-Kelly.

EVERY play maun be played, and some maun be the players.

EVERYTHING has its time, and sae has a rippling kame.

"Rippling kame," a coarse comb used in the preparation of flax. The proverb means that there is a proper time for everything.

EVERYTHING would fain live.

Spoken in excuse of man or beast who make their best endeavour to get a living.--Kelly.

EVERY wight has his weird, and we maun a' dee when our day

comes.

"Rob Roy," ch. 34.

EVIL to him that entertains feud first.

VEVIL words cut mair than swords.

A word hurts more than a wound.-E.

FA' tae.

F.

An invitation to draw your chair to the table, and begin the meal.

FAARE are ye gaen? To Killiemuir,

Faare never ane weel fure,

But for his ain penny fee.-Chambers.

Refers to Kirremuir, in Forfarshire.

FACE and outface the Pope, Devil, and Pretender.
"Rob Roy," ch. 38. i.e., I fear no one.

FACTS are chiels that winna ding.—Burns.

FAIR and false, like a Scot.

See, As false as a Scot.

FAIR and honest John o' the Bank
Has aye the right gully by the shank.

'Applied when one countryman wishes to compliment another for his honesty, frankness, and independence of mind.”

John o' the Bank was John Richardson, tenant of Blackadder Bank farm, in the parish of Edrom, Berwickshire, at the end of last century. He was a witty, jovial fellow, fond of a dance. When striking a bargain he was wont to commend his own truthfulness and honesty by saying that "he was fair and honest John o' the Bank."-Henderson. FAIR fa' gude drink, for it gars folk speak as they think.

What is in the heart of the sober man is on the tongue of the drunken man.-L.

Compare, A fu' man's a true man.

Fair chieve good ale, it makes many folks speak as they think.-Ray.

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FAIR fa' the wife, and weel may she spin,

That counts aye the lawin' wi' a pint to come in.

i.e., Good luck to the hostess who includes a pint still to come when

the reckoning is called for.-Hislop.

FAIR fa' you, and that's a fleach.

A sneer.-Kelly.

FAIR fa' you, and that's nae fleaching (flattery).

A good wish sincerely expressed.

FAIR fa' your sonsy face.

i.e., may you have good luck.

FAIR folk are aye foisonless.

"Foisonless," without strength or sap,

"dried up,"

""withered."

Yer pockets are ripe, | And oor's are bare.

An old rhyme common on the Borders, where the children salute people with it who are returning from Fairs or Races.

FAIR gae they, fair come they, and aye their heels hindmost.

Originally applied to the fairies, about whom the vulgar Scots have strange stories and opinions, but now applied to disreputable persons with whom the speaker wishes to have no dealings.-Kelly.

FAIR hair may hae foul roots.

FAIR MAIDEN LILLIARD lies under this stane,

Little was her stature, but great was her fame;
Upon the English loons she laid mony thumps,

And when her legs were cuttit off, she fought upon her stumps.

At the battle of Ancrum Moor, fought in 1545 between the English and Scots, a female warrior named Lilliard is said to have fought bravely on the Scottish side, and even when her feet were cut off she continued to fight in the manner of Squire Witherington. Buried on the field of victory, she was commemorated to future ages by her name being given to the spot, and a stone being erected on which was the above rhyme.-Chambers.

FAIR maidens wear nae purses.

Spoken when young women offer to pay their club in company, which the Scots never allow.-Kelly.

FAIR words are nae cause o' feuds.

FAIR words canna mak' amends for foul actions.

FAIR words winna mak' the pot boil.

Fair words butter no parsnips.-E.

FAIRY, fairy, come bake me a scone,

And I'll gie ye a spurtle to turn it aff and on.

It was supposed that in a time of scarcity, a supernatural supply of food might be obtained by repeating this rhyme. So the ploughmen of Clydesdale believed that if they recited the rhyme—

Fairy, fairy, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop,

And I'll gi'e ye a spurtle aff my gad end!

three several times on turning their teams at the head-rigs, they would find the desired fare prepared for them at the end of the fourth bout. -Chambers.

FALKIRK bairns dee ere they thrive; and,

FALKIRK bairns mind naething but mischief.

Another version given by Chambers is, Like the bairns o' Falkirk, they'll end ere they mend.

This adage has had the effect of causing the men of Falkirk to speak of themselves jocularly as "the bairns.

FALKLAND manners.

The old courtly manners associated with Falkland Palace, in Fifeshire, are still remembered, for in that county good manners are still called in all sincerity "Falkland manners."

FALL on the feyest, the beetle among the bairns.

The feyest are those that have the most signs of death.

Spoken when we do a thing at a venture that may be good for some and bad for another, and let the event fall on the most unfortunate. Answers to the English, Among yon blind Harpers,"--Kelly.

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FANN'D fires and forced love ne'er did weel.

FAR ahint maun follow the faster.

FAR ahint that mayna follow, an' far before that canna look back.

First part in Gaelic.

FAR and sure.

The golfer's motto.

FAR awa' fowls hae fair feathers.-Fergusson.

Far off cows have long horns.-Gaelic.

Omne ignotum magnifico.-L.

'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.-Campbell.

Kelly says, Fat fowls, etc.

FAR from my heart my husband's mother.

Spoken when a loss is mentioned in which one has little concern.—

Kelly.

FAR up on Lammermoor, amang the heather green,
The earliest har'st that e'er was seen

Was seen at Bentydod.

Because they were shearing the remainder of the crop at this farm on a New Year's morning.

FARCIE on his face, I hae seen mony a fairer hang on the Borough-Moor.

"Pirate." The Borough-Moor, on which part of the district of Morningside, Edinburgh is built, was in ancient times the place of execution for the city. The saying indicates that the person spoken of was clearly A cheat the wuddie.

FAREWELL frost, fair weather neist.

Farewell frost, nothing got is nothing lost.-E.

FARE-YE-WEEL, Meg Dorts, and e'en's ye like.

A jocose allusion to those who go away in the sulks.

FARMERS fauch gars lairds laugh.

Fallow ground pleases the landlord, because it indicates that care is being bestowed on the land.

FARTHER east, the shorter west.

FARTHEST frae the kirk aye soonest at it.

FASHION of Pudding-burn house-where
They who came not the first call
Get no more meat till the next meal.

"The Abbot," ch. 29.

FASHIOUS fools are easiest fliket.

i.e., troublesome persons are easiest offended.

FAST CASTLE, if ye be ta'en,

Fair fa' you, Johnny Robertson!

About the year 1550, Fast Castle, in the parish of Coldingham, Berwickshire, was in the hands of the English, and it is said was re-taken by stratagem, John Robertson, a peasant in the neighbourhood, having the credit of planning the project by which it was regained to the Scots. At his instigation a number of peasants, who were carrying bags of peats into the castle for the use of the garrison, flung down their burdens in the narrow gateway, and so prevented the door being shut. Others rushed in, and the party drawing swords from under their clothes, surprised and quickly overpowered the garrison. It is also said of Fast Castle

Fast Castle firm and sure,

On the rock will aye endure.

FAT flesh freezes soon.

FAT hens are aye ill layers.

FAUSE folk should hae mony witnesses.

i.e., don't trust a liar unless he pledges himself before witnesses.