Scottish Proverbs by Colin S.K Walker

Author:Colin S.K Walker [Walker, Colin S.K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Customs & Traditions, History, Social History, Anthropology, Cultural & Social, Europe, Great Britain, Scotland
ISBN: 9781788854528
Google: FkcsEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2021-05-26T02:50:18+00:00

Jeddart justice – first hang a man and syne try him.

Jock’s a mislear’d imp, but ye’re a rum-deil.

Jock may be mischievious but he’s well behaved by your standards.

Jouk, and let the jaw gang by.

Literally, duck and let the deluge pass by. It is better to yield to the inevitable and wait until it has passed.

‘Just as it fa’s’, quo the wooer to the maid.

Legend has it that when a courtier went to woo a maid she was preparing the meal and had a drop at the end of her nose. When she asked him if he was going to stay the night he replied as above, meaning that if the drop fell into his meat he would leave, and if not he would stay.

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