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

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fi 66. It is well that the tooth should be before the
tongue.
167. Often has he deceived the person to whom he
promised to be good.
168. Early rises the man who outwits him.
3 69. The sod is a good mother-in-law.
170. Two together in [crossing] the ford are stronger
than when apart.
171. The man who is not asleep is ill to wake.
1 72. It is a debt incumbent what a man promises, {u)
173. A dog is bold on his own dung-hill.
174«. Many a ship as broken has come to land, {x)
175. Honour is an indulged thing; [/. e. delicately
cherished.
176. Better come at the close of a banquet, than at the
beginning of a brawl.
177. Better an old debt than an old grudge.
178. It is best known to a man himself where his shoe
hurts him. ( j/)
179. The mouthful a man swallows is his own, but not
the morsel he chews.
1 80. Cold is the friendless.
181. Every wound is the better of being probed.
182. The first squirt of the haggis is the hottest.
(u) There is a Welsh proverb to the same effect, " Di/led af
bawh ei addaw ;" i. e. Every one's promise is a debt on him.
To tell the truth, to keep a secret, and to keep sacred a
promise, are three things which ought strongly to be inculcated
on infant minds.
(») " As broken a ship has come to land." — Ramsai/s Scott.
Prov.
(y) " The wearer best knows where the shoe wrings hi©/*
^^Ra^/s Pror.
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