to suffer or endure.
He that tigs wi' a stranger pays the smart.
He that tigs wi' the tailor gets a button in his sleeve.
He that tines his siller is thought to hae tint his wit.
Meaning that he who willingly loses or risks money is readily
supposed to be a fool.
He that wants content canna sit easy in his chair.
He that wants to strike a dog ne'er wants stick.
He that wears black maun wear a brush on his back.
He that will be angry for onything will be angry for naething.
He that will to Cupar maun to Cupar.
Applied to foolish or reckless persons who persist in carrying on
projects in the face of certain failure, of which they have been
duly advised. Why Cupar, the capital of the kingdom of Fife, should
have been selected as typical of such "pig-headedness," we are
unable to say.
He that winna be counselled canna be helped.
He that winna hear Mother Hood shall hear Stepmother Hood.
"That is, they who will not be prevailed upon by fair means, shall
meet with harsher treatment."--_Kelly._
He that winna lout and lift a preen will ne'er be worth a groat.
That is, he who despises trifles will never be rich.
He that winna thole maun flit mony a hole.
He who will not bear the crosses of the world patiently only
increases his sorrows in trying to evade them.
He that winna use the means maun dree the moans.
He that winna when he may, shanna when he wad.
"Spoken of him who has refused a good offer, and then would have it
again."--_Kelly._
He that woos a maiden maun come seldom in her sight: he that woos a
widow maun ply her day and night.
He that would climb the tree maun tak care o' his grip.
He that would eat the kernal maun crack the nut.
He that would pu' the rose maun sometimes be scarted wi' the thorns.
He thinks himsel nae sheepshank.
Spoken of conceited persons who think themselves of great
consequence.
He tines bottles gathering straes.
A variation of "He starts at straes, and lets windlins gae." "Ye hae
found it to your cost, that she is a most unreasonable, narrow,
contracted woman, and wi' a' her 'conomical througality--her
direction-books to mak grozart wine for deil-be-licket, and her Katy
Fisher's cookery, whereby she would gar us trow she can mak fat kail
o' chucky-stanes and an auld horse-shoe--we a' ken, and ye ken,
laird, warst o' a', that she flings away t
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