1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 55
1081.
The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew.1082.
The cure may be worse than the disease.1083.
The day has eyes, the night has ears.1084.
The day hes eyne, the night hes ears.1085.
The deil made souters sailors that can neither steer nor row.1086.
The Devil's a busy bishop in his own diocese.1087.
The devil's boots don't creak.1088.
The dorty dame may fa' in the dirt.1089.
The englishman greets, the irishman sleeps, but the scotchman gangs till he gets it.1090.
The feathers bear away the flesh.1091.
The feet are slow when the head wears snaw.1092.
The first dish pleaseth all.1093.
The first fuf of a fat haggis is the baldest.1094.
The foremost hound grips the hare.1095.
The gravest fish is an oyster; the gravest bird's an ool; the gravest beast's an ass; and the gravest man's a fool.1096.
The greatest clerks are not the wisest men.1097.
The greedy man and the gileynour are weel met.1098.
The grey mare may be the better-horse.1099.
The happy man canna be berried.1100.
The higher the hill the laigher the grass.