To work like a horse.
He's nae t' ride the water on; i.e., he is not to be depended on.
It's time t' steek the stable-door fin the steed's stowen.
Like draws t' like'.
Like a scabbit horse till a fehl dyke.
Shank's mare, or marie.
Shank's naig or naigie; i.e., the legs; spoken when one walks.
Short and sweet like a donkey's gallop.
That widd pooshion a horse; spoken of any disgusting piece of food, or disgusting conduct or speech in a person.
That widd kill a horse; spoken of any hard work done by a person, j or used when one eats any indigestible kind of food.
Ticht graith; applied to one of doubtful or bad reputation.
To kick up the heels at a thing; i.e., to reject a thing.
To nicker or snicker; i.e., to giggle, to laugh in a silly fashion.
To find a mare's nest.
To ride ahin the tail; i.e., to be thrown from a horse.
Corn him weel afore Candlemas'.
Kaim (comb) weel aifter.
Ca canny; a phrase spoken to enforce caution.
It's the hinmost strae it bracks the horse's back.
The horse 'ill recreet (recover) o' the new girs (grass); spoken ironically to signify that a thing will not take place.
The smith's mare's aye warst shod.
Drive on, the beast's borrawt.
There's muckle riding in a borrawt beast.
He's ridin as gehn (if) he were gyain for the howdie (midwife).
It's a gueed horse it never snappers.
It's easy t' traivel fin ye lead the beast b' the head.
To ride and tie; spoken of two riding and walking alternately on a journey.
To ride at laisure; applied to one in apparently good circumstances, but who lives in a way not warranted by his circumstances.
It's lang t' the saidlin o' a foal.
Some of the foregoing are but variants, and it is not claimed for them that they are not known otherwhere.
