Many a little makes a mickle. Savvy?

[CalMeacham]

@Colophon

Or it could mean “Little Digging” - after all many a mickle (small amount) makes a muckle (large amount).

Confusingly, though, there seem to be two expressions. My dictionary gives two, completely opposite, meanings for the noun “mickle”:
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I’ve certainly only ever come across the second version, which implies a mickle is a small amount.

Or it could mean “a great amount”, as the dictionareies I’ve consulted show.

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