Blair Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases

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zo h labhar na builg fhalamh.
Is co math na 's leor is iomadaidh.
Js mairg air nach bi eagal na brèige.
is i chiall cheannaich is fearr.
Is math a fheoladh an rathaid am fear Each bi math
■ an aoidheachd.
25 I- trie a cba fala-dhà gu faìa-rìridh.
:s marig a dheanadh fubhachas re dubhachas fir pile.
[s fearr lomal a pnailteas no teis ■ meadnon Kagame.
anil air a fhon feiri a pi 'n cat crònan.
Is d-\n duine na chuile fein.
70 h (aide gu brjth no gu Bealtuinn. (c)
Is ann an ceann bliadhna dh' innfeas iafgair ortan>
Is feird gach math a mhèuclach.
' ,;rr no'n t or an fgeul inns' air a choir,
qarr earbia math na droch f hoidinn.
35 Is fearr a mhiofg no bhi gun lei' fgeul.
Is fearr a bhi iona no bhi iaoireachail..
li fearbh a ghloir nach £ haodar èifdeachd, is dubh na
mriaibh ris nach bi iad.
Is corrach got an dubhain.
Es mian leis a chlejrjch mips mhp bhi aig an-t fagarf.
40 Is math a cnluicn à lionas bnV
»s ole an teach nach guiiean fhafair.
a chaib gun a chuir fuidh thalamh.
;d ceann an f heigh 'fa chreachan (chabraich)
Is anil air gruiis a bheircar breith.
I : diich feobhag a'dheananh do 'n chlamhan. (e)
fona gach cuid an comaidb, is mairg a chromadh 11 a
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jean tigh.e.'u hichag a;r a tigh fein.
• Beltein, or the 1 ft of May, was one of the Druids fef-
l-iyajs ; they had a hie dedicated to Baal on that day, from
which ft obtained the name o* La- JBal-tcine, /'. c. the day o-.
Baal'i fire ; the village of Torr-Bhal, i. e. BaalVhill, oppti •