What "Old Sayings" do you know???

Aye! It's tattie time!

Told to me by a native Fifer as we watched skein upon skein of geese heading for winter quarters at Loch Leven - 1st Monday in October is a traditional holiday and the school kids used to help with the tattie picking. The geese always arrive at this time of year.

 

flattery butters no parsnips

 

Fell out of the ugly tree and hit all the branches on the way down.

 

There's more than one way to skin a cat.
(sorry Michaelmasdaisy!) :D

 

cheat!!

It's six of one and half a dozen of the other.
It's six and two threes.

 

Not enough room to swing a cat!

from old shipfaring times when the confines of a ship wouldn't allow the shipmate to swing his cat o' nine tails (whip) to render punishment on some unfortunate crewman (I believe!)

[ 07. October 2005, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: michaelmasdaisy ]

 

what goes around comes around

 

Some of these old sayings are great, does anyone know what they mean and where they come from? I think it would be interesting and surprising to
find out where they originate from. Does anyone think the same

 

Ooh, Dalbuie - that's opening a can o' worms!

 

edited mine already - see previous!

 

Two heads are better than one

 

Family version for us was -

Two heads are better than one even if they're only sheep.