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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
