Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
Scots proverbs, ancient and modern, selected from Allan Ramsay and others
A bairn may hae ower muckle o’ his mither’s benison. A bare moor maks a lean hirsel. A’ burdens are light except to the bearer. A blate maiden may mak a bardy gudewife. A blate suitor should hae a gude cause. A’ blews are no true blews. A borrowing man is a sorrowing man. A be...