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Is furas clach fhaotain gu tilg Jiir cti.
■a6oIs fearr an t olc a chluintin no fhaicin.
Is eigin do 'n fhèun:iach a bhi falbhacli.
Is diombuan gach cois air thir gun eolas.
Is beag an deirc nach fearr no 'n èuradh.
Is fearr a bhi cinnte no bhi cailte.
165 Is duilich bo chuir air laogh, is a gaol air gamhain.
Is feird bra breacadh, gun a brifeadh. (?/)
lè mairga ni droch cleachduin.
Is e-ath philleadh na ccathairnc 's meafe.
Is beag a ghcarainis finn gc mor a duiiigeas finn.
270 Is binn gach èun na dhoire f hèin.
Is gearr gach reachd ach riaghuilt Dhè.
Is mairg a chuireadh uile dhoidh, an aon duine cha
'n deo na chrè.
Is leis a ghobiiain fuighil cil.
'S leis an leigh falach a lamh.
'S leis a bhard a theangaidh fein.
'S leis an t faor a fhlifeag bhan.
Is fad anèigh a Locha, is cobhair o chlan O Duibh^
ne. (v)
275 Is fuarrach an cairdeas a<lh* fheumas a cheanach-
trie.
Is i 'n dias is truime is life chtMnas a ccann.
Is tearc teahgaidh mhin gun ghath air a cul.
^«.) A quern is a hand-mill nfed of old to grind com.
('c) The Campbells, a great and uamerous clan, are
called the children of Duina, from Diarmsd O Duibhne,
i. e. Diarmed the fon of Duina, their anceltor, one of Fin-
gal's heroes. There is an ancient poem upon the death of
I)iarmed, who was killed -at a boar hunting at Binn, a
Ghulbain in Glen-Shce in Perthlhire, on the great road
ieadintr from Perth to Fort-George ; on the top of the hiH
Is furas clach fhaotain gu tilg Jiir cti.
■a6oIs fearr an t olc a chluintin no fhaicin.
Is eigin do 'n fhèun:iach a bhi falbhacli.
Is diombuan gach cois air thir gun eolas.
Is beag an deirc nach fearr no 'n èuradh.
Is fearr a bhi cinnte no bhi cailte.
165 Is duilich bo chuir air laogh, is a gaol air gamhain.
Is feird bra breacadh, gun a brifeadh. (?/)
lè mairga ni droch cleachduin.
Is e-ath philleadh na ccathairnc 's meafe.
Is beag a ghcarainis finn gc mor a duiiigeas finn.
270 Is binn gach èun na dhoire f hèin.
Is gearr gach reachd ach riaghuilt Dhè.
Is mairg a chuireadh uile dhoidh, an aon duine cha
'n deo na chrè.
Is leis a ghobiiain fuighil cil.
'S leis an leigh falach a lamh.
'S leis a bhard a theangaidh fein.
'S leis an t faor a fhlifeag bhan.
Is fad anèigh a Locha, is cobhair o chlan O Duibh^
ne. (v)
275 Is fuarrach an cairdeas a<lh* fheumas a cheanach-
trie.
Is i 'n dias is truime is life chtMnas a ccann.
Is tearc teahgaidh mhin gun ghath air a cul.
^«.) A quern is a hand-mill nfed of old to grind com.
('c) The Campbells, a great and uamerous clan, are
called the children of Duina, from Diarmsd O Duibhne,
i. e. Diarmed the fon of Duina, their anceltor, one of Fin-
gal's heroes. There is an ancient poem upon the death of
I)iarmed, who was killed -at a boar hunting at Binn, a
Ghulbain in Glen-Shce in Perthlhire, on the great road
ieadintr from Perth to Fort-George ; on the top of the hiH
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases > (112) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78584515 |
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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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