A collection of Scottish proverbs compiled by Alexander Hislop, with explanatory notes and a glossary. It gathers traditional sayings and offers a window into Scottish speech, humour, and everyday wisdom. It is worth listening to for its lively survey of folk expression and custom.
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THE PROVERBS OF SCOTLAND. "I am of opinion, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "that there is no proverb which is not true, because they are all sentences drawn from experience itself, the mother of all the sciences." THE Proverbs of Scotland WITH EXPLANATORY AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES AND A GLOSSARY. BY ALEXANDER HISLOP.
NEW EDITION. ENTIRELY REVISED AND SUPPLEMENTED. EDINBURGH: ALEXANDER HISLOP & COMPANY. 1868. Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Dialect spellings and inconsistent hyphenation have been retained. The following table has been added for convenience. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U W Y GLOSSARY TO SIR WILLIAM STIRLING MAXWELL, BART. OF KEIR, M.P., "One deeply versed in proverb lore," THE PRESENT COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH PROVERBS IS, BY PERMISSION, MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
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