-ye can light them
gin ye like--can do is easily carried about wi' ane.'"--_Rob Roy._

Ca'ing names breaks nae banes.

"Sticks and stanes 'll break my banes,
But names will never hurt me."--_Schoolboy Rhyme._

Ca' me what ye like, but dinna ca' me ower.

Canna has nae craft.

To an unwilling person, or one who will _not_ learn, instruction is
of little or no use.

Canny stretch, soon reach.

Care will kill a cat, yet there's nae living without it.

Careless folk are aye cumbersome.

Carena would hae mair.

"Carena" refers here to an answer that may be construed into either
"yes" or "no," and is treated accordingly. "'I don't want it, I
don't want it,' says the friar; 'but drop it into my
hood.'"--_Spanish._

Carles and aivers win a'; carles and aivers spend a'.

"Servants' wages, buying and keeping of horses, and purchasing other
utensils, eat up the product of a farm."--_Kelly._

Carrick for a man, Kyle for a cow, Cunningham for corn and ale, and
Galloway for woo'.

"This old rhyme points out what each of the three districts of
Ayrshire, and the neighbouring territory of Galloway, were
remarkable for producing in greatest perfection. The mountainous
province of Carrick produced robust men; the rich plains of Kyle
reared the famous breed of cattle now generally termed the Ayrshire
breed; and Cunningham was a good arable district. The hills of
Galloway afford pasture to an abundance of sheep."--_Robert
Chambers._

Carry saut to Dysart and puddings to Tranent.

This proverb, the meaning of which is obvious enough, is paralleled
in all languages. The English say, "To carry coals to Newcastle."
The French and German suggest that it is not necessary "To send
water to the sea." The French also say, "To carry leaves to the
wood;" and the Dutch are wise enough not "To send fir to Norway."
Neither will the Asiatic "Carry blades to Damascus."

Cast a bane in the deil's teeth.

Cast a cat ower the house and she'll fa' on her feet.

Cast nae snawba's wi' him.

That is, do not trust him too much; he is churlish or dangerous.

Cast not a clout till May be out.

Cast the cat ower him.

"It is believed that when a man is raging in a fever, the cat cast
ower him will cure him; applied to them whom we hear telling
extravagant things, as if they were raving."--_Kelly._

Cast ye ower the h