. They also have, "No ape but swears he
has the finest children."

Every day is no Yule day; cast the cat a castock.

The first half of this proverb is used literally by the Italians and
Dutch. A "castock" is the stalk or core of a cabbage.

Every dog has its day.

Every dud bids anither gude-day.

Every fault has its fore.

Every flow has its ebb.

Every Jack will find a Jill.

"'Never you fash your thumb about that, Maister Francie,' returned
the landlady with a knowing wink, 'every Jack will find a Jill, gang
the world as it may; and, at the warst o't, better hae some fashery
in finding a partner for the night, than get yoked with ane that you
may not be able to shake off the morn.'"--_St Ronan's Well._

Every land has its laigh; every corn has its ain caff.

Meaning that everything may be found fault with; and silly
objections be raised against the most valuable and useful things.

Every man bows to the bush he gets beild frae.

"Every one pays court to him who gives him protection."--_Jamieson._

Every man buckles his belt his ain gate.

Every man does his work after his own fashion.

Every man can guide an ill wife weel but him that has her.

Every man can tout best on his ain horn.

"Tout," to blow. Meaning, that every man knows best how to tell his
own story.

Every man for himself, and God for us a'.

Every man for his own hand, as Henry Wynd fought.

"Two great clans fought out a quarrel with thirty men of a side, in
presence of the king, on the North Inch of Perth, on or about the
year 1392; a man was amissing on one side, whose room was filled by
a little bandy-legged citizen of Perth. This substitute, Henry
Wynd--or, as the Highlanders called him, _Gow Chrom_, that is, the
bandy-legged smith--fought well, and contributed greatly to the fate
of the battle, without knowing which side he fought on;--so, 'To
fight for your ain hand, like Henry Wynd,' passed into a
proverb."--_Sir Walter Scott, Note to Rob Roy._

Every man has his ain bubbly-jock.

Every man has his ain draff poke, though some hang eider than others.

The two last sayings are similar in meaning, viz., that every man
has his imperfections or faults. The latter qualifies the proverb by
admitting that in some these appear more prominently than in others.

Every man kens best where his ain sair lies.

Every man kens