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C 59 3
Tell not all your mind to your wife, nor to your com-
panion
Speak but little, and fpeak well.
o
ASong from the pert hen.
Since I have made out the yard, I'll make the
inch.
The night before he dies, a man may venture to find
fault, (a)
From hand to mouth is the beft portion..
5 The work of the blind.
Since you rode the horfe, fhoe him.
Put off evil to the laft.
One night out, another in ;
Good for iheep, but ill for horfes.
pO put » patch on a hole is faving, but to put a
patch upon a patch is but making a ragged cloak,
Pinch the frranger.
ì wifti you a good match*

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Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases
DescriptionAccompanied with an English translation intended to facilitate the study of the language illustrated with notes; to which is added 'The way to wealth' by Dr Franklin, translated into Gaelic.
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Blair Collection
DescriptionA selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.