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Ma. tha mise truagli, 's e mo tliruaighe INIac Aoidh !
If I am miserahle, woes me for Mackay 1
Ma tha mo chuid airgid anns a'chapuU, thig e dhach-
aidh uair-eigin.
If my money is in the mare, it toill come home some day.
]\Ia tlia thii coma, dean comaidh ris a' mhuic.
If you don't care, go and share with the soio.
Every man to his taste, as the man said when he kissed his
cow. — Eng., Scot.
Ma tha thusa na d' fhear-ealaidh, duinneamaid annas
do làimhe.
If you are a man of skill, let its hear your master-piece.
Ma theid gus an teid, theid fear an t-sior-ghalair.
Whoever goes or does not go, the man of long disease
vnll.
]\Ia tha 'n long briste. cha 'n 'eil a' chreag slàn.
If the shij) he broken, the rock is not ivhole.
Ma their mi fhein ' Mach thu!' ri m' chù, their a' h-uile
fear e.
If I say ' Get out!' to my dog, everybody unll say it.
Ma thuiteas clach leis a' ghleann, 's ann 's a' chàrn a
stadas i.
If a stone fall doivn the glen, it's in the cairn it tvill
stojj.
Ma thuiteann cloch le fànaidh (slope), is annsa g-càrnan a
stadaidh si. — Ir.
Another case of ' like to like '.
Mac Artair Srath-churra o bhun an stoc fhearna.
Mac Arthur of Strachur, from the root of the odder.
Strachur, on Loch Fyne, is said to have been the original seat
of the Mac Arthurs.
Mac bantraich aig am bi crodh,
Searrach seann-làrach 'an greigh,
Madadh muilleir aig am bi min,
Triùir a 's meanmuaich' air bitk
The son of a widow rich in coivs.
The foal of an old mare in a herd,
The dog of a miller rich in meal,
Tiiree of the merriest things alive.