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Tell not all your minJ to your wife, nor to your com-
patu'-'n
Speatc but little, and fpeak well.
o
ASonG fr'om the pert hen. ... '
Since I have made out the yard, I'll malfè.tfic
inch. ■ '-.' ' -
The night before he dies, a man may venturè'to find
fault, (a)
From hand to month is the beft portion. —
5 The work of the blind.
Since you rode the horfe, fiioe him.
Put off evil to the laO.
One night out, another iri •
Good for Hieep, but ill for horfes.
pO put a patch on a hole is faving:, but to put a
^ patch upon a patch is but making a ragged cloalc.
Pinch the itrang^er.
1 wifli you a good matcJi.

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Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases
DescriptionAccompanied 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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Hew Morrison Collection
DescriptionA 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.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.