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Is fhaid' an latha na 'm brutliach ; bidh sinn uiread
uair-eigin.
Tlie day is longer than the hrae ; well he at the top
yet.
A very cheery and plucky sentiment.
Is fhaide d' fhiacail na d' fhiasag.
Your teeth are longer tiian your heard.
Tak a piece ; yir teeth's langer than yir beard.— Scof.
Is fhaide gu bràtli na gu Bealltainn.
Its longer to Doomsday than to Whitsunday.
Ulster proverb in same words.
Is fliaide gu NoUaig na gu Feill-Màrtainn.
It's longer to Christmas than to Martinmas.
Is fhasa cumail na tarruing.
Better to haiul than draw. — Scot.
Possession is nine points of the law. — Eng.
Is fhasa deadh ainm a chall na 'chosnadh.
A guid name is suner tint than ivon. — Scot.
Is fhasa sgapadh na tional.
It's easier to scatter than to gather.
Is fusa sgapadh na cruinneaghadh. — Ir.
Is fheairrd' an cai an cat a chur ann.
The hail tvill he the hetter of 'plotting the cat in.
Better a mouse i' the pat as nae flesh. — Scot.
Is fheairrd' an luch samhchair, mar a thuirt hich a'
mhonaidh ri luch a' bhaile.
The mouse is the hetter of quietness, as the moor-mouse
said to the town-mouse.
This seems to be taken from the well-known fable of the Town
mouse and Country mouse.
Is fheairrde briagadair fianuis.
A liar is the hetter of a voucher.
Is fearrde a dhearcas brèug fiadhnuise. — Ir.
See ' Imridh briag gobhal'.
Is fheairrde bràdh a breacadh gun a bristeadh.
A quern is the hetter of being 'picked without heing
broken.
Is fearrde do 'n m-brò a bhreacadh gun a bhriseadh. — Ir.
Picking the quern consisted in refreshing the roughness of the
stone, which required to be cautiously done. The use of hand-