ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
Fegges after peace.
English Translation:
Figs after Easter (too late to be of use).

Scottish Proverb:
Girne when ye knit, and lauch when ye louse.
English Translation:
Grimace (snarl) when you tie up, and laugh when you untie.

Scottish Proverb:
He that does ill hates the light.
English Translation:
He who does evil hates the light.

Scottish Proverb:
Hair and hair, makes the cairles head baire.
English Translation:
Hair by hair makes the old man's head bald.

Scottish Proverb:
He that will not when he may, shall not when he wald.
English Translation:
He who will not when he may, shall not when he wishes.

Scottish Proverb:
Haste makes waste.
English Translation:
Haste makes waste.

Scottish Proverb:
Hap and a half-pennie, is warlds geir enough.
English Translation:
Good luck and a halfpenny is worldly wealth enough.

Scottish Proverb:
He can hide his meat and seek more.
English Translation:
[Of greedy persons] He can hide his food and beg for more.

Scottish Proverb:
He lookes like the laird of pitie.
English Translation:
[Of frightened persons] He looks like the Laird of Pity (pitiful and woebegone).

Scottish Proverb:
He can hald the cat to the sun.
English Translation:
[Of wily/crafty persons] He can hold the cat up to the sun.

Scottish Proverb:
He is as poore as Job.
English Translation:
[Of wastrels and bankrupts] He is as poor as Job.

Scottish Proverb:
He does as the blind man when he casts his staff.
English Translation:
[Of ignorant persons] He acts like the blind man throwing his staff randomly.