Published on 12, July, 2020
My head is a repository of all the old sayings my mum used when I was little and they stuck.
I only ever hear people my age (50+) using these now.
It's a shame if their use disappears completely.
I'd be curious to know whether any of the younger members of the forum know/use these.
Please share any you know.
There is a lot of wisdom in these.
A few that spring to mind immediately.
A stitch in time saves nine.
He who hesitates is lost.
Look before you leap.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Jack of all trades, master of none
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Out of the frying pan, into the fire
Youth is wasted on the young
Kill two birds with one stone.
A bad workman blames his tools
A fool and his money are soon parted
Honesty is the best policy
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Careless talk costs lives
Don't rob Peter to pay Paul
Never cast a cloot till May's oot
You make a better door than a window
whit's fir you won't go by you
Mony a mickle maks a muckle
A word before, is worth two behind
An ounce of mothers wit is worth a pound of clergie
Courtesie is cumbersome to them that knowes it not
Faire words brake never bane, foule words breaks many ane
He lookes up with the one eye, and down with the other
He'd get a piece at anyones door
It's a lang road that's no goat a turnin
Have some fun trying to work out the scots phrasing!