ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
Cast not forth the old water while the new come in.
English Translation:
Do not throw out the old water until the new comes in.

Scottish Proverb:
Kings and Bares oft worries their keepers.
English Translation:
Kings and bears often maul their keepers.

Scottish Proverb:
Dead and marriage makes tearm-day.
English Translation:
Death and marriage settle accounts like quarter-day (term-day).

Scottish Proverb:
Drink and drouth comes sindle together.
English Translation:
Available drink and thirst rarely come at the same time.

Scottish Proverb:
Evening ortes is good morning fodder.
English Translation:
Evening leftovers make good morning fodder.

Scottish Proverb:
Little troubles the eye, but far lesse the soul.
English Translation:
A tiny speck troubles the eye, and even less troubles the soul.

Scottish Proverb:
Maisterie mawes the meadows down.
English Translation:
Superior force (mastery) mows the meadows down.

Scottish Proverb:
Mends is worth misdeeds.
English Translation:
Amends (compensation) is worth the misdeed.

Scottish Proverb:
Nothing enters in a close hand.
English Translation:
Nothing enters into a closed fist.

Scottish Proverb:
Na pennie, na pardon.
English Translation:
No penny, no papal pardon.

Scottish Proverb:
Of ane ill, comes many.
English Translation:
From one evil come many.

Scottish Proverb:
Put not your hand betwixt the rind and the tree.
English Translation:
Do not put your hand between the bark and the tree (do not meddle between close kin).