|Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.|
|Ale sellers should na be tale tellers.|| 1|
|Ale that would make a cat to speak.|| 2|
|Good ale is meat, drink and cloth.|| 3|
|He mends like sour ale in summer.|| 4|
|He that buys land buys many stones,|
He that buys flesh buys many bones.
He that buys eggs buys many shells,
But he that buys good ale buys nothing else.