Proverbs and Sayings
Here again are a few proverbs having reference to the habits and upbringing of children:
“Hae boy, rin boy, mak's a guid boy”—
Give a boy food and clothing, and keep him from idleness, and he will grow up to be useful.
“Mony a pelled röl has come to be a guid horse”—
An unpromising youth may become a good man.
“Brunt bairns dread the fire.”
“Bairns greet nae langer than they get their will.”
“Bairns and föls spaek the truth.”
“A close tongue mak's a wise head.”
“It's ill ta wint bairns wi' bread, but waar ta wint
them aff o' it.”
“A short man gets a short faa.”
“If bairns grew as they greet, they'd shön be grit.”
“Ramished bairns are ill ta please.”
“They can dö ill that canna dö guid.”
“Tarrowin' bairns are never fat.”
Hence a child refusing to eat because he has “ta'en the dorts,” or is sulky and peevish, is not likely to grow fat, and is
best cured by being subjected to a spell of
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