To lose the tongue of it is to lose what is essential to its sound.
_Meat and mass hinders nae man._ Needful food, and suitable religious exercises, should not be spared under greatest haste.
_Ye fand it whar the Highlandman fand the tangs_ (i.e.at the fireside).
A hit at our mountain neighbours, who occasionally took from the Lowlands--as having found--something that was never lost.
_His head will ne'er rive_ (i.e.tear) _his father's bonnet_.

A picturesque way of expressing that the son will never equal the influence and ability of his sire.
_His bark is waur nor his bite._ A good-natured apology for one who is good-hearted and rough in speech.
_Do as the cow of Forfar did, tak a standing drink_.

This proverb relates to an occurrence which gave rise to a lawsuit and a whimsical legal decision.

A woman in Forfar, who was brewing, set out her tub of beer to cool.

A cow came by and drank it up.