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Is call do chaillich a poca, 's gun tuille aice.
The loss of the old wife' spoke is heavy, when it is her all.
Is cam 's is direach a tliig an lagh.
The laiv comes crooked arid straight.
See ' Is beag 's is mor'.
Is caol an tend as nach seinn e.
Ifs a slender string he can't take a tune from.
Is caomli le fear a cliaraid', acli 's e smior a chridhe a
chomh-dhalt.
Dear is a kinsman, hut the jnth of the heart is a fostcr-
hrothcr.
This is the strongest of all the sayings on this subject.
Is càraid sin, mar a tliuirt an fheannag ri 'casan.
That's a pair, as the cfroio said to her feet.
Al. Is dithis dhuinn sin.
Tliey're a bonnie pair, as the craw said o' his legs. — Ecnt.
Is ceannach an t-omhan air a' bhainne-theth.
The froth is scarcely worth the hot inilk.
' Omhan' is the switched-up froth of warmed mUk or whey.
Is ceannach air a mhireanan a bheumanan.
The morsels are scarcely worth the cuts.
Is cliùtich' an onoir na 'n t-òr.
Honour is nobler than gold.
Is ùaisle onoir na or. — Ir.
Beter arm met eere (iMor ivith honour) dan rijk met schande
(rich with shame). — Dutch.
Is CO domhain an t-àth 's an linne.
The ford is as deep as the pool.
Is CO fad' oidlich' 'us latha, La Fheill Pàdruig.
Night and day are eqiial cm St. Patrick's Day.
This is nearly correct.
Is CO lionmlior osna aig an righ 's aig an duin' a 's
isle staid.
The king sighs as often as the meanest man.
This occiirs verbatim in D. Buchanan's ' Bruadar '.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. — H. IV., P. II., Hi. 1.
Is CO math dhomh mo chorrag a ghabhail do 'n chloich.
/ might as well try my finger against a stone.
A I. Bu cho math, &c., a thumadh 's a' luath — as well dip my
finger in the ashes.