He that is far from his geir, is near his skaith.
More Scottish Proverbs:
Hair, and hair, makes the Carles head bare.Scottish
Kail spares bread.
Scottish
See that your own hearth is swept before you lift your neighbor's ashes.
Scottish
It is good baking besides meal.
Scottish
A hungry man smells meat far.
Scottish
It is ill to bring but the thing that is not thereben.
Scottish