Bits of Celtic wisdom

[Phil]

Here's a couple of my mother's -

"He would argue a black crow was white" - about someone a bit argumentative and "A man on a galloping horse will never notice it" - about someone who doesn't have the highest work standards.

[Phil]

Or how about "like snow aff a dyke" something that disappears very quickly (his family went like snaw aff a dyke) or "couldny run a minoj" somebody totally disorganised ( a "minoj" is a Scottish Christmas savings club (known as a "menage" in posher circles). Or "Never died a winter yet" a philosophical riposte to any depressing news. How about "anither clean shirt'll dae him" about someone who may be "awfy no weel" - a bit under the weather but a bit apocryphal like he won't live long enough for another one. "Gonny no dae that" - please stop doing that, "A fiddler's biddin" - a late invitation to some event where you weren't the first choice.