better wed over the mixen than over the moor
- better wed over the mixen than over the moor
It is better to marry a neighbour than a stranger. For mixen, see quot. 1661.
a 1628 in M. L. Anderson Proverbs in Scots (1957) no. 320 Better to wow [woo] over middin, nor [than] over mure.
a 1661 T. FULLER Worthies (Cheshire) 174 Better Wed over the Mixon [midden] then over the Moor..that is, hard by or at home, Mixon being that heap of Compost which lyeth in the yards of good husbands.
1818 SCOTT Heart of Midlothian III. vi. He might hae dune waur [worse] than married me... Better wed over the mixen as over the moor, as they say in Yorkshire.
1874 T. HARDY Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii. ‘That means matrimony.’.. ‘Well, better wed over the mixen than over the moor,’ said Laban Tall.
Proverbs new dictionary.
Look at other dictionaries:
better — see better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is better a good cow than a cow of a good kind better are small fish than an empty dish better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s … Proverbs new dictionary
mixen — see better wed over the mixen than over the moor … Proverbs new dictionary
wed — see better wed over the mixen than over the moor … Proverbs new dictionary
moor — see better wed over the mixen than over the moor … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
