Proverbs and Sayings
The wisdom of counting the cost and completing what one has begun is taught in the proverb:
“It's ill to eat the coo an' wirry on the tail.”
“Dö weel bids come again”—
Faithful work secures confidence.
“Lay weel up, tak' weel doon”
teaches the orderly habit of having a place for everything and everything in its place.
“Shör bind, shor find”
is very commonly used. The following story will illustrate its application. In the days of the press-gang there lived in Fetlar a man known as Billy Brown. He was of great physical strength and very fleet of foot. Several attempts had been made take him, but without success. One misty August night the cutter with the press-gang on board lay becalmed in the Wick o' Grötin'. A picked crew was sent off with instructions to land in Moosie
Gjo o' Straand, and proceed to Billy's
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