Hew Morrison Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases

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i<jo The man who killed his mother a little while ago,-
would bring her alive now. {y)
When a man once falls into the mire, every one
treads on him.
He who will not knot his thread, muft lofe the firlt
ftitch (z)
The fountain that never dries up.
He who will not W9fk a? hom^, will not work abroad, -
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iimmer be chearful, continent and early, (j,)-
In winter be well hooded, well fliod, and well fed
with gruel.
The faireft apple is on the higheft bough.
A man may force a livelihood, but cannot force good
luck.
5 The induftrious man's mcrfcl is on every man's
table.
The fool's portion i? at the mouth of the fade.
One man may lead a horfe to the water, b^t twe\.vr,
cannot make him drink.
There is hope that a man may return frpin.the w^fs,
but not from the grave.
Vi£lory is to be got by patience., (^)
lo The miftrefs of a ftarving family is foonefl loft-
A ftroke at every tree, ye| none is felled.
man, in order to be maflcr of the bunnefs, agrecfi tp f^ie
propofal, and only received the above advice for his mpu^y.
(t?) An advice of the Druids, Ses Snjilh's Gatliy'./^i**
tiquities.
(è) «« Yincenda omnis fortuna ferendo eR,"
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