382 LIEUT.-COLONEL D. C. PHILLOTT: 



291. " Everyone has a five-days' opportunity." Cf. ' Every dog has its day.' 



292. "A gold crown is no ornament for a beggar." Cf ' It doesna set a sow to 

 wear a saddle.' 



293. " Keep your gab steekit (shut) when ye ken na your company." 



294. " Heaven without companionship would be pleasureless, " or " Even Heaven 

 requires company." 



295. " Too much praise spoils the child." 



296. " There's no economy in the Fast." Cf. ' Long fasting hains (economizes) 

 nae meat.' 



297. " To dig up a mountain and unearth a mouse." Cf * Much ado about 

 nothing.' 



298. " Like a camel on a ladder." (Expressive of extreme awkwardness.) 

 Cf. ' Like a sow playing a Jew's harp.' 



299. " He neither eats it nor gives it to others ; 



" He'll let it go rotten and then give it to a dog." 

 (i.e., 'a dog in the manger'). 



300. " Love and jealousy are sindle sindry " (separate). 



301. " Money solves all difficulties." Cf. ' No friend like the penny.' 



302. " Who knows whether the par da conceals beauty or ugliness?" Cf. 'None 

 can tell what's i' the shaup (husk) till it's shelt.' 



303. " What is in the heart comes on to the tongue." Cf. ' Nearest the heart near- 

 est the mouth.' 



304. " The greater the rank the greater the danger." Cf. 'Nearest the king near- 

 est the widdy' (rope or gallows). 



305. " Why use poison when you can kill by honey ?" Cf. * Ne'er draw your dirk 

 when a dunt (blow) will do.' 



306. " Worthless ; neither ass nor man." Cf. ' Ne'er gude egg nor bird.' 



307. " Don't give cash for credit." Cf. ' Ne'er quit certainty for hope.' 



308. " Not the best and not the worst." Cf. 'Neither so sinful as to sink nor 

 so holy as to swim.' 



309. " I'll call you Haji and you call me Ha,ji" (i.e., log rolling). Cf. ' Lie for 

 him and he'll swear for you.' 



310. Said to one that borrows articles, especially a horse, hawk or gun. Cf. * Let 

 ilka tub stand on its ain bottom.' 



311. "Every word has its own place and every point its proper application." 

 Cf. ' Let the kirk stand in the kirkyard.' 



312. "He who hath money hath fear, and he who hath none hath sorrow." 

 Cf. ' Money makes and money mars.' 



313. " Bright it shone but its fortune was short-lived." (Of a meteor-like career.) 

 Cf. ' Up like a rocket and down like its stick.' 



314. (a) " Too much politeness and too little bakhshish, 

 (b) " He has too much dry courtesy." 



Cf. "He puts his hand quickly to his hat and slowly to his purse. 



