Blair Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases

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DIONGAM fear mo dh' f huireas mi, agus fuilig-am
teiche.
Dh' aithnicli mi gar meann a bheireadh a ghabharjj
Da thrian buine bnranda.
Dleaiaidh arm uram,
5 Dhuraige tu mo luath 3e uifg.'
Dithis a chuir cuideachd agus am buala r'a chèile.
Deire nan feachd fatharn ore
Dean do ghearain re fear gun iochd, is deir e, '•' Tha
thu bochd."
By their oppofition to King James the Fourth (who
headed a faction againft his father) and infidious informa-
tion of them given at court, they were forfeited till the re-
iloration of King Charles the Second, when they were re-
ilored, but were again forfeited by King William for their
adherence to the Stuart family. In this hard fituation,
they continued tiii they were again reftored by aft of Par-
liament, 1775.
During thefe forfeitures, they loft all their poiTeilions,
and were obliged to change their name ; many of them
have, fince the above a£l, affumed their ancient name of
Macgregor.
The Macnabbs, however, deny their defcent from the
Macgregors; but, from a bond of friendship entered into be-
twixt James Macgregor of that Ilk, and Lauchlan. Mac-
kinnon of Strathardlc, dated atVir, 6th June, 1 5 7 1 , be ac-
knowledges to be delcended of the Macgregors ; and by
.-mother bond of the fune nature entered into betwixt the
faid Mackinnoa and Finlay Macnabb of Bowaine, chief of
the Macnabbs, dated at Kilmorie, 12th July, 1606, both