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CO L L E C T I O N
O F
GAELIC PROVERBS,
HE v-^ho lies down In the puddle, will rife up
in dirt.
The child whom you negle<fl to tutor at
your knee, you will not tutor when he comes tO'
your ear. {a)
He who feels cold, let him death, (h)
He who does not fee his good, has milTed the pup-
pofe of being wife.
5 The flat's huiljand is knov/n in the flreets.
He who has much will get more, (c)
He who fteals the needle, would fteal the thimble
if he could, (d)
The blind mounted on the lame.
The thing that fent the meffengers to hell :
Was aiking what they knew full well.
(c) Or, literally, " He who has batter, will get more. '
(./) Like the Engllfh proverb, « He who Y,c":!d fte?!
3a egg^, would Ileal ao ox."
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O F
GAELIC PROVERBS,
HE v-^ho lies down In the puddle, will rife up
in dirt.
The child whom you negle<fl to tutor at
your knee, you will not tutor when he comes tO'
your ear. {a)
He who feels cold, let him death, (h)
He who does not fee his good, has milTed the pup-
pofe of being wife.
5 The flat's huiljand is knov/n in the flreets.
He who has much will get more, (c)
He who fteals the needle, would fteal the thimble
if he could, (d)
The blind mounted on the lame.
The thing that fent the meffengers to hell :
Was aiking what they knew full well.
(c) Or, literally, " He who has batter, will get more. '
(./) Like the Engllfh proverb, « He who Y,c":!d fte?!
3a egg^, would Ileal ao ox."
A 2
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases > (19) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78583399 |
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| Description | Accompanied with an English translation, intended to facilitate the study of the language; illustrated with notes. To which is added, The way to wealth, by Dr. Franklin, translated into Gaelic. By Donald Macintosh. |
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| Shelfmark | H.M.90(1) |
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| Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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