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JONC | 10:20 Thu 11th Apr 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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What does 'many a mickle makes a muckle' mean?
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It's Scots dialect, and is usually taken to mean that many a little thing makes a big thing (eg if you save your pennies, they'll grow into pounds). The problem is that in Scots dialect "mickle" and "muckle" both have the same meaning - a lot or much. The proverb should probably be "Many a pickle makes a mickle".
12:45 Thu 11th Apr 2002
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And, mickle and muckle come from the Swedish or more generally Scandinavian mycket, meaning the same; much or a lot. There are loads of words used in Scotland, The North East and Yorkshire that are of Nordic origin, think of any ?
08:34 Fri 12th Apr 2002

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