Blair Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases

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Is i 'chneadh fliein a ni gach duine a ghearan 'an
toiseach.
It!s his oum hurt a man com^olains of first.
Is socair a chodlas duine air chneadh dhiiine eile — A man
sleeps sound on another's wound.— Ir.
Is i 'chuileag bliuidhe bhuachair a 's àirde sranu.
The yelloio dung-fiy makes the loudest hum.
Is i 'n deathach a bliios a's tigb a thig a macli.
It is the smoke that's loithin that comes out.
Is i an dias a 's truime a 's isle 'chromas a ceann.
The heaviest ear of corn lends its head loivest.
Ulster saying in same words.
The empty stalk holds its head up. — Huncjar.
Is i 'n fhoighidinu mhath a chlaoidheas an ansbocair.
Patience overcomes trouble.
Al. a, bhristeas cridh' an anrath — breaks the heart of distress.
Patience with poverty is all a poor man's remedy. — Scot.
Is i 'ghaoth tuath a ruaigeas an ceo.
It's the north wind that drives away 7nist.
Is i 'n lamb shalacb a dh'fhàgas a' gbualainn glan.
The dirty hand makes the clean shoulder.
Al. a ni a' mhuilichean ghlann — makes the clean sleeve.
Ni buttra llaw dyn er gwneuthur da iddio ei hun — No man's
hand is dirtied with his oicn business. — Welsh.
Dirty hands make clean money. — Eng.
Is i 'mbàthair bbrisg a ni 'n nigbean leisg.
The active mother makes the lazy daughter.
Al. Is minig a thainig nighean leisg o mhàthair èasgaidh.
Is olc a bhean tigh inghean na caillighe èasgaidh. — Ir.
A light-heeled mother makes a heavy-heeled daughter. — Eng.
An olight niither maks a sweir dochter.— <ScoL
]\Iadre ardida hace hija tullida. — Sfan.
]\Iai agU50sa, filha perguÌ50sa. — Port.
Per con. Is i 'nighean èasgaidh a ni 'mhàthair leisg.
The active daughter makes the lazy mother.
Al. Is minig a thainig nighean èasgaidh o mhàthair leisg.
Is i 'mbuc sbàmbacb a db'itbeas an drabb.
It's the silent soio that eats the draff.
Yr hwch a daw a fwyty'r soeg. — Welsh.
Still swine eat all the draff. — Eng.
De lumske Sviin a;de Masken — The cunning swine eat the mash.
—Dan.