Blair Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases

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6. The indigent man sits far below the rest ; [the
wealthy] how great soever his worth may be,
many blemishes will be found in him.
7. The wealthy man's praise is the sweetest.
8. A man may eat his food without bedawbing his
ears.
9. Every one asks who made it ; but they enquire
not how long it took to be made.
10. He has got a turn through the reek.
11. Far from the eye, far from the heart.
1:2. Shew me [the well-fed] calf; and not what he is-
fed on.
13. At even-tide it will appear who are the men. (i')
14. Ask a man regarding his ailment.
15. The wind remaining at east, is the hunter's de«
light.
16. You shun it as a cow shuns [cow's] dung.
17. Let the treacherous knave be kept down.
18. Envy [competition] excites ingenuity, {x)
19. A swarthy man is bold; a fair man is imperti-
nent ; a brown man is ringlet-haired ; and a red
haired man is scornful, {v)
20. You know what fear is.
21. Where there are geese there may be goslins.
(v) That is, when the conflict or feud is over.
(x) " Emulation animates the ??u>2J."
(z/) " Fair folk are ay fusionless." " Fair hair has foul
roots." " Fair and foolish ; black and proud ; long and lazy ;
little and loud." A groundless proverb_, says Kelli/j upon wo
men's different statures and complexions.