our
meat.

"Macfarlane (of that ilk) had a house and garden upon the island of
Inch-Tavoe. Here James VI. was on one occasion regaled by the
chieftain. His majesty had been previously much amused by the geese
pursuing each other on the loch. But when one, which had been
brought to table, was found to be tough and ill fed, James observed,
'That Macfarlane's geese liked their play better than their
meat,'--a proverb which has been current ever since."--_Note to The
Monastery._

Ye're like a sow--ye'll neither lead nor drive.

Ye're like Brackley's tup--ye follow the lave.

Ye're like laird Moodie's greyhounds--unco hungry like about the pouch
lids.

Ye're like me, and I'm nae sma' drink.

Ye're like Piper Bennet's bitch--ye lick till ye burst.

Ye're like the cooper o' Fogo, ye drive aff better girs than ye ca' on.

"Said of those who attempt to reform anything, but who, instead of
that, make matters worse."--_G. Henderson._

Ye're like the corbie messenger--ye come wi' neither alms nor answer.

"He send furth Corbie Messingeir,
Into the air to espy
Gif he saw ony mountains dry.
Sum sayis the Rauin did furth remane,
And com nocht to the ark agane."--_Sir David Lyndsay._

Ye're like the cow-couper o' Swinton, ye'll no slocken.

Ye're like the dead folk o' Earlstoun--no to lippen to.

"This is founded on a popular story, kept up as a joke against the
worthy people of Earlstoun. It is said that an inhabitant of this
village, going home with too much liquor, stumbled into the
churchyard, where he soon fell asleep. Wakening to a glimmering
consciousness after a few hours, he felt his way across the graves;
but taking every hollow interval for an open receptacle for the
dead, he was heard by some neighbour saying to himself, 'Up and
away! Eh, this ane up an away too! Was there ever the like o' that?
I trow the dead folk o' Earlstoun's no to lippen to!'"--_Robert
Chambers._

Ye're like the dog o' Dodha', baith double an' twa-faced.

Ye're like the dogs o' Dunraggit--ye winna bark unless ye hae your
hinder end to the wa'.

Spoken to persons who will not complain or "make a noise" about a
thing, unless they are guaranteed against any consequences that may
ensue.

Ye're like the Kilbarchan calves--like best to drink wi' the wisp in
your mou'.

Ye're like the lambs--ye do naething bu