projects: as common tradesmen, day labourers, and servants, who work
their work and get their wages, and commonly are the happiest part
of mankind."--_Kelly._

When petticoats woo breeks come speed.

"Time to marry when the maid wooes the man; parallel to that
Cheshire proverb, 'It is time to yoke when the cart comes to the
caples,' _i.e._, horses."--_Ray._

When poverty comes in at the door love flies out at the window.

When pride's in the van, begging's in the rear.

When she doesna scold she shores.

That is, when she does not scold directly, she threatens to do it.

When the bag's fu' the drone gets up.

When the barn's fu' ye may thresh afore the door.

When the burn doesna babble, it's either ower toom or ower fu'.

When the cow's in the clout she soon runs out.

Meaning that when the cow has been sold and converted into money,
the proceeds soon come to an end, as "Ready money will
away."--_English._

When the craw flees her tail follows.

When the gudeman drinks to the gudewife a' wad be weel; when the
gudewife drinks to the gudeman a's weel.

This will give English readers but a poor opinion of conjugal
courtesy in Scotland--that when a man drinks to the good health of
his wife, it is more from fear than from affection--more from a
desire that she should have things properly done when they are not
so.

When the gudeman's awa the board claith's tint; when the gudewife's awa
the keys are tint.

Kelly prints this as two sayings, and says of them
respectively--_First_, "Because the commons will then be short."
_Second_, "For if she be not at home you'll get no drink."

When the heart's fu' o' lust the mou's fu' o' leasing.

When the heart's past hope the face is past shame.

When the hen gaes to the cock the birds may get a knock.

"Spoken when widows, who design a second marriage, prove harsh to
their children."--_Kelly._

When the heart's fu' the tongue canna speak.

When the horse is at the gallop the bridle's ower late.

When the man's fire and the wife's tow, the deil comes in and blaws't in
lowe.

When the pat's fu' it'll boil ower.

When the pea's in bloom the mussel's toom.

Where the pig's broken let the sherds lie.

"A proverbial phrase, applied to death, as expressive of
indifference with respect to the place where the body may be
interred."--_Jamieson._

Where the scythe cuts, an