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

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A fool loves removing.
; 45 The ftrong fliall fall, and ofi the weak efcape im-
hurt.
Long is the hand of the needy.
Strong is the feeble in the boi'om of might.
Qft has the wiled advice proceeded from the mouth
of foHy.
Oi't has the objecH: of fccrn arrived at honour, and
tha^i-of envy fallen into contempt.
350 Hi nev.'s are often true.
A living dog is better than a dead hon. {hb)
JUSTICE melts in the mouth of the feeble.
The hands of an infant, but the fiomach of a man.
A fhip may be loaded with fhells.
Tet the tail go with the hide.
5 Broad to broad,
And fmall to fmall.
We may read or write.
Every word in the world, [a)
Leap the wall where it is lowefl.
A great gap may be filled with fmall ftones.
Lean flelh cleaves to ftraw. [b)
One day drank, and another on water, {c)
10 He is a pitiful fellow that has horfes and will not ufe
them.
Burning is a fingular cure.
I h.ive bl.ick w;.t£r at my heart, [d)
Let it Hip tlirough the fingers.
Go about the bridge, as the ghoft did.
15 He tarries too long at another man's fire- fide.
{h) Applied to mean or worthlcfs people, who cleave to
each other. " Like to like, an old horfe to a feal dyke."
{c) Similar to the dog'.s life, " A hunger and a burft.''
{d) Exprcfiive of fadnefs.