Blair Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases

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Ts mìAi tt t-c;,c;i b( thoiienchr-.s an iv^i-c^ch.
Is rr.a:rg.a chuireadh'a chuineag air a cial, do r.each
nachcuire dad innte.
50 Is mairg a fhineadh lamh na h-airce do chroidls na
circe.
Is feter an t olc eòlach no 'n t-olc ain-eolaeh.
Is fearr teine beag a gharas, no teine mor a loifgeas.
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Is ioma ni"a chailleas fear na h-imrich. (g)
Is furas buill' an treun-fhir ai'neacha. (/>)
$5 Is fuar comain an ath-chieamnais.
is trian fulridh famhladh.
Is trian oibir tòifich.
Is fearr fuighil na braid no fuighil na fceig.
Is lorn ma m' luirigin builg a thoirt do m' choin,
60 Is math an fcàthaiì fuil caraid.
Is trom an èir' an t-ain-eolas.
Is trie a chuir fear gàra ma lios, nach d ? thug toradh
as.
Is maith ga 'm foghnadh feara oghar do mhnaibh.
riach.
Is lag gualain gun bhrathair,
'Nam do na fir teachd a Kithair.
■*. 5 Is furas teine fhada 'n cois craoibhe.
Is teughaidh 'm brat a chuir dùbailt (/)
Is ann as a bheagan a thig am moran.
Is duilich duin' a lorgach* tre abhainn.
(g) A farmer in the ifland of Iflay, Argylcihire, (who
had a wife child), was intending to remove ; his child, when
at meat, rofe up, and went to the other fide of the houfe,
and ipilt part of his victuals, upon which he repeated the
above faying ; his father, taking the hint, replied, PIcafe
God, I mall not remove for this year.
(, ) A bird going to viiit the wren, found him threfhing
corn with his twelve fons, the flrangcr at a lofs to know