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

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If the bearer be refpeiftabic, the meflage is of impor-
tance.
You may extol the bleak hill, but go not thither ;
you may vilify the wood, but quit it not. {/))
One nail will lame a horfe, one liorfe will break a team.
I ij A game too many, may r^K)il the whole.
if you flrike a dog or a lx)ol, ftrikc to purpofe.
You would cheat the owl of her egg, though both
her eyes were upon you. (r)
If I went to the well, it was not with the difhclout.
If it had not been for this, and for that, there would
be no man alive. (<t'}
20 If there were none about the pot but Maceock
ant! the ladle, I would fare better.
As the goats love the dogs.
If a ftone fall from the hill, it muft refl in the cairn.
If you had not been in my houfe, you would not hate
feen my effe£ls. {e)
The duck's defire is a pool where there arc no ducks.
25 If you cannot bite, never fliew your teeth.
The neceffitous fpoils credit.
If I call be gone to my dog, every one clfe will turn
him away.
If you be manly, have no gloom on your counte-
nance, nor fee hardfliips in trifles.
A good horfe recommends himfelf.
30 As the ftomach craves, the cake is toaflcd.
(d) Not unlike " If the lift (firmament) fall, you may ga-
ther larks."
(e) " If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had
not found out my riddle." Judges sir. 18.
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