he pease, and maks her
hotch-potch wi' the shawps, or, as the auld byeword says, tynes
bottles gathering straes."--_The Entail._

Het kail cauld, nine days auld, spell ye _that_ in four letters.

The key to this childish puzzle is to be found in the word _that_:
it has no deeper meaning.

Het love, hasty vengeance.

Het sup, het swallow.

He wad gang a mile to flit a sow.

"Spoken of sauntering persons, who would take any pretence to go
from their proper business."--_Kelly._

He was miss'd by the water, but caught by the widdie.

He has escaped drowning only to be hanged, as "He that is to be
hanged will never be drowned--unless the water goes over the
gallows."--_Dutch._

He wasna the inventor o' gunpowder.

Meaning that a person is very timid or cowardly.

He was ne'er a gude aiver that flung at the brod.

"Spoken of them who spurn at reproof or correction, whom Solomon
calls brutish."--_Kelly._

He was scant o' grey cloth that soled his hose wi' dockens.

"The return of a haughty maid to them that tell her of an unworthy
suitor."--_Kelly._

He was scant o' news that tauld his faither was hang'd.

"They're scarce of news who speak ill of their mother."--_Irish._

He was the bee that made the honey.

He watsna whilk end o' him's upmost.

He does not know whether he stands on his head or his heels.

He wears Langton's coat o' mail.

"Once, in a skirmish with the English, the Laird of Langton, being
unarmed, turned his coat inside out, to make his opponents believe
he had on a coat of mail, and so rushed on to the fray. By
'Langton's coat of mail,' is meant a presumptuous but brave
man."--_G. Henderson._

He wears twa faces aneath ae cowl.

He wha mair than his worth doth spend, aiblins a rape his life will end.

He wha marries a maiden marries a pockfu' o' pleasure; he wha marries a
widow marries a pockfu' o' _pleas_-sure.

"These two are always joined together, and are a dissuasive from
marrying a widow, because she is often involved in law
suits."--_Kelly._

He wha marries for love without money, hath merry nights and sorry days.

He wha tells his wife a' is but newly married.

He winna send you away wi' a fair heart.

Or, he will not grant you the favour you are going to seek.

He woos for cake and pudding.

He would fain be forward if he wist how.

He would fain rip up auld sa