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

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2. Ubh na circe duinne dol an tigh-inhòr, gun uti
a gheoidh a thoirt as.
3. Urram a bhleidire don straicalr.
4-. Urairearch [sail] ;ia ba mach 'sa steacli, mar
leighis sin an Gael, cha'n eil a leigheas ann*
5. Uisge donn na duileig, uisge dwbh nan fhralmh,
is uisge glas a chèitiin, tri uiggibh ii meas' a
th'ann. (/)
6. Uir I uir ! air bèul Grain, ma'n labhair è tuile
comhradh. (g)
7. Uigh air uigh thig an t-slaint, 's na tonna mòr an
ea-slainte.
(/ ) This old saying, the result of long observation, marks
not only the changes of the seasons, but also points out the pe-
riods when diseases are most prevalent among men and animals
of the graminivorous kinds, throughout the Grampians and West*
ern Isles.
{g) This alludes to a legend regarding the first erection of
the sacred buildings in the island of Icolmkil. — See Maniin's-
Account of the Western Isks.