328 LIEUT.-COLONEL D. C. PHILLOTT : 



250. " We're all sons of Adam." (Said to one groundlessly claiming kin with a 

 big person.) Cf. ' As sib as siene and riddle that grew in ae wood.' 



251. "A bearded man with no hair on his chin." {i.e., things that are incom- 

 patible.) 



252. " Your to-morrow is ten years." Cf. Belyve l is twa hours and a half. 



253. " Cheatery game will aye kythe." 2 



254. " A wound by the tongue is worse than one by the spear." Cf * Evil words 

 cut mair than swords.' 



255. "Bravery lies in hand-to-hand fighting; not in guns and rifles." (The 

 Persians think any old woman can point and fire a big gun, but that it takes a man to use 

 a sword.) 



256. ' To sell the skin of an untrapped deer." Cf. ' Don't sell the bear-skin before 

 you have caught the bear.'— Italian. Cf. ' Don't count your chickens before they are 

 hatched,' and ' Dinna gut your fish till ye get them.' 



257. " Empty-handed you must depart this world." Cf. * A' that ye '11 take wi'ye 

 will be but a kist 3 and sheet after a.' * 



258. " Stop the source of the spring with a bodkin." Cf. ' A stitch in time saves 

 nine,' and ' For want of a steek a shoe may be tint.' 5 



" For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; 



" For want of a shoe the horse was lost ; 



" For want of a horse the man was lost." —Nursery lines. 



259. (a) " What does an ass know of the worth of saffron ?" 



(b) ' ' What does an ass know of the value of loaf sugar and sugar-candy ? ' ' 

 Cf. ' To cast pearls before swine.' 



260. " All that shines is not gold." Cf. ' A's no gawd that glitters, nor maidens 

 that wear their hair.' 6 



261. "Picking up a large stone is a sign that it won't be thrown." Cf. ' Great 

 barkers are nae biters.' 



262. " Where the broth is, there the wretched scald-head is ready to serve." 

 Cf. ' Flies are always where the sweets are.' 



263. " He's from good seed." Cf. ' He's a hawk o' a right nest.' 



264. " He's from bastard stock." (Opposite to above.) 



265. " Promising is easy; fulfilling is difficult." Cf. * He's poor that canna pro- 

 mise 



266. " Cut off one hand of his that lends a book ; cut off both of his that returns it." 



267. " He who gives teeth, gives bread." Cf. ' God ne'er sent the mouth but he 

 sent the meat wi't.' 



268. " The broader his roof the more snow it collects," {i.e., the greater the 

 man the greater the responsibility). 



1 Belyve, " immediately " or " in a little." 2 Kythe " to appear." 8 Kist, " chest." 



* In allusion to the death of a purse-proud man. 6 Steek, " stick " : tint, " lost." 



S About 1 72 1 it was the fashion for virgins to go bareheaded — Kelly. 



