The jocular answer of a person who is blamed for doing something on Sunday.
The biggest horse is no aye the best traveller.
The biggest rogue cries loudest out.
The bird maun flicher that has but ae wing.
The bird that can sing, an' winna sing, should be gar'd sing.
The black ox ne'er trod on his foot.
"The black ox is said to tramp on one who has lost a near relation by death, or met with some severe calamity."—The Antiquary.
"Auld Luckie cries, 'Ye're o'er ill set,
As ye'd hae measure, ye sud met;
Ye ken na what may be your fate
In after days,
The black cow has nae trampet yet
Upo' your taes.'"
—The Farmer's Ha'.
The blind horse is aye the hardiest.