More Scottish Proverbs

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The country rooster dows not crow in the town... >>

Better to light a candle than to curse the darknes... >>

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry... >>

Other Proverbs

A lame goat will not sleep by day.... (Spanish) >>

Reasonings banish reason.... (French) >>

As long as I was a daughter-in-law I never had a good mother... (Spanish) >>

God grant, dear wife, that this son be ours.... (Spanish) >>

Desire beautifies what is ugly.... (Spanish) >>

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child

- Scottish Proverb