The Proverbs of Scotland
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The Proverbs of Scotland, by Alexander Hislop, comes with explanatory and illustrative notes and a glossary. A quotation from Don Quixote, addressed to Sancho, says that there is no proverb which is not true, because they are all sentences drawn from experience itself, the mother of all the sciences.
The collection includes the proverbs A fool at forty will ne'er be wise, A friend at court is worth a penny in the purse and A friend in need is a friend indeed. A note on A friend's dinner's sune dished explains that a true friend is easily served, and will not readily take offence. The proverbs also include It's no the cowl that maks the friar and It's no the burden, but the owerburden, that kills the beast. The glossary gives meanings such as Baxters for bakers, Bear for barley and Beck for to bow, to curtsy.
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- Alexander Hislop
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- 321
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