ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
This warld will not last ay.
English Translation:
This world will not last forever.

Scottish Proverb:
With emptie hand, na man should hawkes allure.
English Translation:
No man should try to lure back a hawk with an empty hand.

Scottish Proverb:
Ye will break your neck and your fast alike in his house.
English Translation:
You are just as likely to break your neck as to break your fast in his stingy house.

Scottish Proverb:
Ye wald do little for God an the devil were dead.
English Translation:
You would do very little for God if the devil were dead.

Scottish Proverb:
Sike answer as a man gives, sike will he get.
English Translation:
Such an answer as a man gives, such will he get in return.

Scottish Proverb:
The thing that is fristed, is not forgiven.
English Translation:
A debt that is postponed (delayed) is not forgiven.

Scottish Proverb:
The langer we live, the mae farlies we see.
English Translation:
The longer we live, the more wonders (strange things) we see.

Scottish Proverb:
The devil is a busie bishop in his awn diocie.
English Translation:
The devil is a diligent bishop in his own diocese.

Scottish Proverb:
The blinde horse is hardiest.
English Translation:
The blind horse is the boldest (because it sees no danger).

Scottish Proverb:
The next time ye daunce, wit whom ye take by the hand.
English Translation:
The next time you dance, know carefully whom you take by the hand.

Scottish Proverb:
The Devil and the Dean begins with a letter, when the Devil hes the Dean, the kirk will be the better.
English Translation:
The Devil and the Dean begin with the same letter; when the Devil gets the Dean, the church will be the better.

Scottish Proverb:
Weill wats the mouse, the cats out of the house.
English Translation:
Well knows the mouse when the cat is out of the house.

Scottish Proverb:
Ye strive against the stream.
English Translation:
You strive against the stream.

Scottish Proverb:
Ye have a readie mouth for a ripe cherrie.
English Translation:
You have a ready mouth for a ripe cherry.

Scottish Proverb:
Saw thin, and maw thin.
English Translation:
Sow thinly, and mow thinly.

Scottish Proverb:
Small winning makes a heavie purse.
English Translation:
Steady small profits make a heavy purse.