Blair Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases

.-.►• is faid a bhios fin frit math is gioraid a bhios fin
i;'a h-olc.
Ma's beag leat e erath fonas air.
I iv-'n fcacb a ihèidir na builg.
$$ M* cheannachas m fabh-each ceannaichidh tu tth-
each.
Ivlar is iuaith 's faifge mhoille.
Ivla bhios aon chroa Tan eolach, biaidh dha-dhcug
'ftn ain-eolach.
Ma's cecl fìdildrìchd tha na leòr again di. (g)
Mar tliig triubhas do mhuic.
60 Ma tha thu comadh, dean comaidh ris a mhuic.
Ma's beag mo chos cha mho mo chuaran.
Mar las an 'dònaich gun mhath na dolaidh anrj>
Ma b' umhail g'am b' fhior.
Ma' sole an ieanabh cha'n fhearr a luafga*
£5 Mar altar dall an cabaraich.
No im'eachci air garbh leacainnin;
No* nfefr thabhann gaothair air gleann fàs s
Bitheadh. teagas aon, gun eolas.
Ma dfi* eif igheas dhult bhi air fainn-eal,
Na cuir earbs' a comh-radh bannal,
Mar is faid' a ni thu 'n leanaii,
\S ann is mo theict do mhealladh.
Mar fear air charn. (/:)
Mar chaitheas duin' a bheatha bheir e breith air •-
choimhearfnach.,
( p) Roderick, a famous harper, met with a man who
played every tune upon the violin, which Roderick played
on the harp, a thing not common in thofe days, which
mr.de the harper repeat the above words, (now become a
proverb) meaning that he did not reckon the violin mufic,
rut if it was, he had enough of it ; hence, when people
have a ibinciency of any thing, they repeat this proverb.
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