http://www.wordnik.com/lists/scotch-broth.xml Proverbs from Mackay's "Dictionary of Lowland Scotch" http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye have a stawke of carle hemp in you Wed, 06 May 2009 09:59:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye have a stawke of carle hemp in you http://www.wordnik.com/words/your wame thinks your wyson's cutted Wed, 06 May 2009 09:54:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/your wame thinks your wyson's cutted http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the leek, ye have a white head and a green tail Wed, 06 May 2009 09:48:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the leek, ye have a white head and a green tail http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the butcher, that seeks his knife when it is in his teeth Wed, 06 May 2009 09:48:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the butcher, that seeks his knife when it is in his teeth http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the beggars, ye're never out of your gate Wed, 06 May 2009 09:47:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the beggars, ye're never out of your gate http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of good mawt, ye're lang a-coming Wed, 06 May 2009 09:46:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of good mawt, ye're lang a-coming http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of auld maidens, ye look sae high Wed, 06 May 2009 09:45:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of auld maidens, ye look sae high http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the chapman, ye're aye to handsell Wed, 06 May 2009 09:44:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the chapman, ye're aye to handsell http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the gowk, ye have never a rhyme but ane Wed, 06 May 2009 09:43:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the gowk, ye have never a rhyme but ane http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of saughton swine, your neb's ne'er out of an ill turn Wed, 06 May 2009 09:41:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of saughton swine, your neb's ne'er out of an ill turn http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the tod, ye grow gray before ye grow good Wed, 06 May 2009 09:38:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the tod, ye grow gray before ye grow good http://www.wordnik.com/words/there was never a thrifty wife with a sheet about her head Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:07:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/there was never a thrifty wife with a sheet about her head http://www.wordnik.com/words/the tod's whelps are ill to tame Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:06:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/the tod's whelps are ill to tame http://www.wordnik.com/words/the mawt is aboon the meal wi' him Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:05:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/the mawt is aboon the meal wi' him http://www.wordnik.com/words/the king's errand may come in the cadger's gate Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:03:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/the king's errand may come in the cadger's gate http://www.wordnik.com/words/that's for that and butter's for fish Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:08:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/that's for that and butter's for fish http://www.wordnik.com/words/now's now and yule's in winter Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:58:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/now's now and yule's in winter http://www.wordnik.com/words/never marry a widow unless her first man was hang'd Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:58:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/never marry a widow unless her first man was hang'd http://www.wordnik.com/words/lang or ye cut falkland wood with a penknife Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:54:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lang or ye cut falkland wood with a penknife http://www.wordnik.com/words/i'm no sae scant o' clean pipes as to blaw with a brunt cutty Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:48:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/i'm no sae scant o' clean pipes as to blaw with a brunt cutty http://www.wordnik.com/words/he never tint a cow that grat for a needle Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:44:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/he never tint a cow that grat for a needle http://www.wordnik.com/words/he's gane as the dog drave Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:43:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/he's gane as the dog drave http://www.wordnik.com/words/he hears with his heels, as geese do at harvest Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:43:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/he hears with his heels, as geese do at harvest http://www.wordnik.com/words/fleas and a girning wife are wakerife bedfellows Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:39:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fleas and a girning wife are wakerife bedfellows http://www.wordnik.com/words/eith learning the cat to the kirn Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:37:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/eith learning the cat to the kirn http://www.wordnik.com/words/dogs will redd swine Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:35:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dogs will redd swine http://www.wordnik.com/words/daffin and want of wit makes auld wives donnard Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:34:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/daffin and want of wit makes auld wives donnard http://www.wordnik.com/words/better skaith saved than mends made Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:32:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/better skaith saved than mends made http://www.wordnik.com/words/better rough and sonsy than bare and donsy Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:31:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/better rough and sonsy than bare and donsy http://www.wordnik.com/words/a yeld sow was never good to grices Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:35:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a yeld sow was never good to grices http://www.wordnik.com/words/a green yule makes a fat kirkyard Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:30:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a green yule makes a fat kirkyard http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of nettle kail and cock lairds, ye need muckle service Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:17:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of nettle kail and cock lairds, ye need muckle service http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the miller's dog, ye lick your lips ere the pocks be opened Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:16:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the miller's dog, ye lick your lips ere the pocks be opened http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the cow's tail, you grow backward Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:13:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ye breed of the cow's tail, you grow backward http://www.wordnik.com/words/twine tow, your minny was a good spinner Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:09:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/twine tow, your minny was a good spinner http://www.wordnik.com/words/they that bourd with cats maun count upo' scarts Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:06:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/they that bourd with cats maun count upo' scarts http://www.wordnik.com/words/sturt pays nae debts Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:56:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sturt pays nae debts http://www.wordnik.com/words/never gae to the de'il wi' a dish-clout about your head Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:46:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/never gae to the de'il wi' a dish-clout about your head http://www.wordnik.com/words/i wadna be deaved with your keckling for a' your eggs Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:27:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/i wadna be deaved with your keckling for a' your eggs http://www.wordnik.com/words/he has an eye in his neck Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:19:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/he has an eye in his neck http://www.wordnik.com/words/he gat his kail in a riven dish Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:18:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/he gat his kail in a riven dish http://www.wordnik.com/words/ha' binks are sliddery Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:17:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ha' binks are sliddery http://www.wordnik.com/words/good fishing in drumly waters Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:14:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/good fishing in drumly waters http://www.wordnik.com/words/keep your ain fish guts to feed your ain sea maws Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:48:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/keep your ain fish guts to feed your ain sea maws http://www.wordnik.com/words/ill herds make fat foxes Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:43:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ill herds make fat foxes http://www.wordnik.com/words/i may come to break an egg in your pouch Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:42:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/i may come to break an egg in your pouch http://www.wordnik.com/words/if a man's gawn down the brae ilk ane gi'es him a jundie Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:41:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/if a man's gawn down the brae ilk ane gi'es him a jundie http://www.wordnik.com/words/i ance gae a dog his handsel, and he was hanged ere night Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:39:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/i ance gae a dog his handsel, and he was hanged ere night http://www.wordnik.com/words/i bake nae bread by your shins Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:38:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/i bake nae bread by your shins http://www.wordnik.com/words/a gawn foot's aye getting Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:59:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a gawn foot's aye getting http://www.wordnik.com/words/it ill sets a haggis to be roasted Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:57:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/it ill sets a haggis to be roasted http://www.wordnik.com/words/love and raw peas break the heart and burst the wame Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:55:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/love and raw peas break the heart and burst the wame http://www.wordnik.com/words/stown dints are sweetest Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:49:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stown dints are sweetest http://www.wordnik.com/words/i ken by my cogue wha milks my cow Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:04:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/i ken by my cogue wha milks my cow http://www.wordnik.com/words/hens are aye free of horse corn Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:03:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hens are aye free of horse corn http://www.wordnik.com/words/hungry dogs are blythe o' bursten puddings Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:02:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hungry dogs are blythe o' bursten puddings http://www.wordnik.com/words/flitting of farms makes mailins dear Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:58:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/flitting of farms makes mailins dear http://www.wordnik.com/words/fleshers lo'e nae collops Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:57:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fleshers lo'e nae collops http://www.wordnik.com/words/fiddler's dogs and flesh-flies come to feasts unca'd Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:57:08 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fiddler's dogs and flesh-flies come to feasts unca'd http://www.wordnik.com/words/far away fowls have fair feathers Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:56:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/far away fowls have fair feathers http://www.wordnik.com/words/curses make the fox fat Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:54:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/curses make the fox fat http://www.wordnik.com/words/as tired as a tyke is of langkale Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:53:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/as tired as a tyke is of langkale http://www.wordnik.com/words/a toom purse makes a tartling merchant Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:52:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a toom purse makes a tartling merchant http://www.wordnik.com/words/silence grips the mouse Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:51:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/silence grips the mouse http://www.wordnik.com/words/placks and bawbees grow pounds Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:49:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/placks and bawbees grow pounds http://www.wordnik.com/words/out of the peat pot into the gutter Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:48:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/out of the peat pot into the gutter http://www.wordnik.com/words/nineteen nay-says of a maiden are haff a grant Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:48:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/nineteen nay-says of a maiden are haff a grant http://www.wordnik.com/words/money is welcome in a dirten clout Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:45:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/money is welcome in a dirten clout http://www.wordnik.com/words/live upon love as lav'rocks do on leeks Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:43:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/live upon love as lav'rocks do on leeks http://www.wordnik.com/words/lang mint, little dint Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:41:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lang mint, little dint http://www.wordnik.com/words/keep your kill dry'd taunts to your mouldy-hair'd maidens Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:41:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/keep your kill dry'd taunts to your mouldy-hair'd maidens http://www.wordnik.com/words/kail hains bread Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:40:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kail hains bread http://www.wordnik.com/words/kamesters are aye creeshy Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:40:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kamesters are aye creeshy http://www.wordnik.com/words/kings and bears aft worry their keepers Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:39:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kings and bears aft worry their keepers http://www.wordnik.com/words/better a thigging mother than a riding father Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:38:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/better a thigging mother than a riding father http://www.wordnik.com/words/as lang runs the fox as he feet has Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:36:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/as lang runs the fox as he feet has http://www.wordnik.com/words/as day brak butter brak Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:36:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/as day brak butter brak http://www.wordnik.com/words/an illwilly cow should ha'e short horns Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:35:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/an illwilly cow should ha'e short horns http://www.wordnik.com/words/a horse with four feet may snapper Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:34:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a horse with four feet may snapper http://www.wordnik.com/words/aft ettle, whiles hit Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:32:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aft ettle, whiles hit http://www.wordnik.com/words/better thole a grumph than a sumph Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:31:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/better thole a grumph than a sumph http://www.wordnik.com/words/a denk maiden, a dirty wife Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:31:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a denk maiden, a dirty wife http://www.wordnik.com/words/a cramb'd kite makes a crazy carcass Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:30:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a cramb'd kite makes a crazy carcass http://www.wordnik.com/words/a daft nurse makes a wise wean Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:30:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a daft nurse makes a wise wean http://www.wordnik.com/words/ae scabbed sheep will smit the hale hirdsel Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:29:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ae scabbed sheep will smit the hale hirdsel