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Claw me and I'll claw thee.

Speak well of me and I will speak well of thee, whether, we presume,
it is deserved or not.

Clawing and eating needs but a beginning.

Clean pith and fair play.

Clear in the south beguiled the cadger.

Cadgers (beggars, or gipsy pedlars), from their out-of-door
experience, are allowed to be good judges of coming weather. The
proverb means that even the best judges may be occasionally mistaken
in their opinions. The one following is of similar import.

Clear in the south drown'd the ploughman.

Clecking time's aye canty time.

Good cheer and mirth in the house when a birth has taken place.

"'Perhaps,' said Mannering, 'at such a time a stranger's arrival
might be inconvenient?' 'Hout, na, ye needna be blate about that;
their house is muckle enough, and clecking time's aye canty
time.'"--_Guy Mannering._

Clippet sheep will grow again.

Clout upon a hole is gude gentry, clout upon a clout is gude yeomanry,
but clout upon a clouted clout is downricht beggary.

"Facetiously spoken to those who quarrel with a patch about
you."--_Kelly._

Come a' to Jock Fool's house and ye'll get bread and cheese.

Spoken sarcastically of those who invite every person
indiscriminately to dine or sup with them.

Come day, go day, God send Sunday.

"Spoken to lazy, unconscionable servants, who only mind to serve out
their time, and get their wages."--_Kelly._

Come it air, or come it late, in May will come the cow-quake.

Come not to council unbidden.

"Thair is a sentence said be sum,
Let nane uncalled to counsell cum,
That welcum weins to be;
Zet I haif hard anither zit,
Quha cum uncallt, unserved suld sit,
Perhaps, sir, sae may ze."--_Cherrie and the Slae._

Come unca'd, sits unserved.

Come when ye are ca'd and ye'll no be chidden.

Come wi' the wind and gang wi' the water.

Common saw sindle lies.

Common fame seldom lies; but another proverb says, "Common fame is a
common liar."

Condition makes, condition breaks.

Confess and be hang'd, and syne your servant, smith.

Confess debt and crave days.

Confess'd faut is half amends.

Content's nae bairn o' wealth.

Contentibus, quo' Tammy Tamson, kiss my wife, and welcome.

"Spoken facetiously when we comply with a project."--_Kelly._

Corbies and clergy are kittle shot.

Corbies dinna gat