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Is ioma rud a thachras ris an fhear a bhios a muigli.
Many things happen to Mm lolio goes abroad.
-O'l?. nZ- // Is ioma te 'bhios cearbach aig a' bhaile, 'theid gu
j riomhach thun na feiUe,
Many a home-doiody goes gay to the fair.
Is ioma te 'chuir càl 'n a dhiosg.
Many a she has j)ut kail into his dish.
Is ioma teine beag a bheothaicliear.
Many a small fire is kindled.
Is ioma teine mor a chaidh as.
Maiiy a great fire has gone out.
Is ioma tonn a th' eadar thu 's tir.
There is many a ivave betiveen thee and land.
Is ioma tonn a thig air a' cbladach mu'n tachair sin.
Maiiy a loave tvill come on the shore ere that hajjpens.
Is iomadh urchair 'tha 'dol 's an fhraocli.
Many a shot goes into the heather.
Donald can tell many a tale of Messrs Briggs & Co.
Is iongantach cho gearr 's a tha thu, 's nach bu bhàrd
a b' athair dhut.
Ifs wonderful how curt you are, not being a poet's son.
Is ionmhuinn leis gach neach a choltas.
Everyone likes his like.
Adar o'r unlliw a liedant i'r unlle — Birds of one colour fly
together. Pob byw wrth ei ryw yr aeth — Every living joins its
kind. — Welsh.
See 'Drnididh gacli ian'.
Is ionann aithreachas-criche 's a bhi 'cur sil mu Fheill-
Màrtainn.
Death-bed repentance is solving seed at Martinmas.
Is ionann deoch nimhe 's balgum.
A mouthftd of poison is as good as a draught.
Is ionann duine na 'eigin 'us duine air a' cLuthach.
A needy man is even as a madman.
See 'B' fhearr suidhe'.
Is ionnan tosd 'us aideachadh.
Silence is consent.
Aidigheann a tosdach. — Ir.
Silence is often an answer. — Aral.