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

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82. The ship is in danger when the pilot cries [with
vehemence.]
83. Oftimes has a good sword been in a bad scab-
bard.
84«. Oftimes has the hunter-race been at fault.
85. It is not easy to take the trouse off a breech that
is bare, {p)
86. Formidable to the [lazy] ^lut seems her portion
of stuff; — it is not its quantity, but the trouble
of spinning it.
87. A Carlin's gripe is preferable to a Hero's pull.
88. Cold is the stomach that warms not [its] draught.
89. It is easy to draw blood from a scald-head ; or
tears from a rueful face.
90. Better to rise early than to sit late, [q)
91. The whistle is worse than the cry [of a thief.]
92. Better a lobster than no man \_i. e» a husband,]
93. It is [truly] hospitable for a man to offer a part
of his fare, although it would better him to
keep it to himself.
94. It is the reek that is within the house which
thence issues.
95. Prosperity frequently befals the large mouth, (r)
96. Better is a handful of a handicraft than a hand*
ful of gold.
{p) Quid qiicBso erripias nudo, " It is very hard to shave an
egg." — Ra7/'s Prov.
(q) *' Go to bed with the Iamb, and rise with the lark."
" One hour's sleep before midnight's worth two hours after."—
Rai/s Prov.
(r) The story oi nmchle-mou^ d Meg, one of the daughter* o'"
Murray of Elibank, is well known,
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