ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
A still sow eats all the draff.
English Translation:
A quiet sow eats all the mash (draff).

Scottish Proverb:
As soone comes the lambeskin to the market, as the old sheeps.
English Translation:
The lambskin comes to the market just as soon as the old sheep's skin.

Scottish Proverb:
An old seck craves meikle clouting.
English Translation:
An old sack requires much patching.

Scottish Proverb:
A gangand fit is ay getting.
English Translation:
A walking (active) foot is always gaining something.

Scottish Proverb:
All overs are ill.
English Translation:
All extremes (excesses) are bad.

Scottish Proverb:
An ill hound comes halting home.
English Translation:
A bad hound comes limping home.

Scottish Proverb:
A good goose indeed, but she hes an ill gansell.
English Translation:
A good goose indeed, but she has a nasty sauce (sharp tongue).

Scottish Proverb:
Better late thrive then never.
English Translation:
Better to thrive late than never.

Scottish Proverb:
I have a good bow, but it is in the castle.
English Translation:
I have a fine bow, but it is locked away in the castle (useless when needed).

Scottish Proverb:
It is hard to wife, and thrive in a year.
English Translation:
It is hard both to marry and to grow rich in the same year.

Scottish Proverb:
Better bairnes greit nor bearded men.
English Translation:
Better that children weep than bearded men.

Scottish Proverb:
Be the same thing that thou wald be cald.
English Translation:
Be in reality what you wish to be called.