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

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86. Ged bhiodh na tri ghill san aon mhaide.
57. Ge mor ardan na h-easaich, cha d'theid i seach
an luath.
38. Ged bheir' thu bean o ifrinn, bheir 'i dha thigh
thu.
39. Gach duine tarruing nan sruthan gu mhuilionn
fein.
40. Gabhaidh gach struth dh'ionnsaidh na h-abhnadh,
is gach aon abhuinn do na chuan. (p)
41. Ge beag an t-ubh, thig eun as.
42. Ge b'e ghleidheas a long gheibh è latha.
43. Ged nach biodh ann ach righ is fhear muintir,
faodaidh duin' a chuid iontraichinn.
44. Gach eun gu nead, is a shrabh na ghob.
45. Ged is ann o na bhior, cha'n ann o na choire.
46. Gabhaidh connadh ur le bhi' ga sheideadh.
47. Ged is è duin' an tuathanach, is è 'n t-each an
saoithriche.
48. Ge milis a nihil cò dh'imlicheadh o bhàr dris i.(^)
49. Galar fad is èug na bhun.
50. Ge dàil do dh'fear an uilc, cha dearmad.
(p) " A 11 rivers run into the sea j yet the sea is not full." —
Eccles. I. 7.
" The sea complains it wants water." — Rai/*s Prov.
(^) " Trop achepte le miel qui sur espines le leche. He that
licks honey from thorns pays too dear for it. Honey is sweet,
but the bee stings." — Bai/s Prov.