A' ills are gude untried.
Air day or late day, the fox's hide finds aye the slaying knife.
Sooner or later justice overtakes evil-doers.
A Januar' haddock, a Februar' bannock, and a March pint o' ale.
"This semi-metrical proverb expresses the season at which the haddock and some other articles of aliment are supposed to be at their best. This, however, as far as the haddock is concerned, would appear questionable, as there is an almost universal notion that the young of this fish at least are best after a little of May has gone. It is said in the Mearns,—
"'A cameral haddock's ne'er gude
Till it get three draps o' May flude.'"
—Robert Chambers.
Formerly, brewers made ale only twice a year,—the summer ale in March, and the winter in October.
A Kelso convoy—a step and a half ower the door-stane.
"Ye ken in this country ilka gentleman is wussed to be sae civil as to see the corpse aff his ain grounds. Ye needna gang higher than the loan-head—it's no expected your honour suld leave the land—it's just a Kelso convoy, a step and a half ower the door-stane."—The Antiquary.