wa heads are better than ane," as the wife said when she and her dog
gaed to the market.

Twa heads are better than ane, though they're but sheep's anes.

Spoken when a person offers a suggestion to another who is
considering how he will do a thing.

Twa heads may lie upon ae cod, and nane ken whaur the luck lies.

"Spoken when either husband or wife is dead, and the sorrowing party
goes back in the world after."--_Kelly._

Twa hungry meltiths makes the third a glutton.

Twa things ne'er be angry wi'--what ye can help and what ye canna.

Twa words maun gang to that bargain.

Addressed to a person who is in too great a hurry to conclude a
bargain, indirectly implying that the speaker is not quite satisfied
with the article or terms.

Twine tow, your mother was a gude spinner.

"Spoken to those who curse you or rail upon you, as if you would
say, take what you say to yourself."--_Kelly._

Unco folk's no to mird wi'.

"Ye ken yoursel best where ye tint the end--
Sae ye maun foremost gae the miss to mend.
'Tis nae to mird wi' unco folk, ye see,
Nor is the blear drawn easy o'er their e'e."--_Ross's Helenore._

Under water dearth, under snaw bread.

If a field has been inundated with water the crop will be spoiled;
but if covered with snow it will be improved, as the soil is warmed
and nourished thereby.

Unseen, unrued.

"Unsicker, unstable," quo' the wave to the cable.

"'Unsicker,' not secure, not safe, unsteady."--_Jamieson._

Upon my ain expense, as the man built the dyke.

"Taken from an inscription upon a churchyard in Scotland--

"'I, John Moody, cives Abredonensis,
Builded this kerk-yerd of fitty (Foot-dee?) upon my own expenses.'"
--_Kelly._

Untimeous spurring spoils the steed.

Up hill spare me, doun hill tak tent o' thee.

Use maks perfyteness.

The Scottish version of the very common saying, "Practice makes
perfect."

Wad ye gar us trow that the mune's made o' green cheese, or that spade
shafts bear plooms?

That is, Would you really try to make us believe anything so false
or absurd as we know such a thing to be?

Waes the wife that wants the tongue, but weel's the man that gets her.

Waes unite faes.

Wae tae him that lippens to ithers for tippence.

Or, who trusts to another for a small obl