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

■ .« V' Ti^ii III III "«4>^-j»qa» the needle, would filch the
thimble it" he could. .i» . f.
8. The hliinl- gfffflff Fe^ on the cripple^ (Z) ^ àm^ /^y
9. What sent the messengers to hell,
Was asking what they knew full well.
10. That exciKjC "to t homcelvc s, or be - it thek ow n
kj'll. "^^p^ ^^lias, let him "^à; he ìsfo
] 2. Tho marfiL^vho wifl go through thorns for nie, I-w#l
■ ^ through briars^for him^f^f-^^-^,
13.. Tl^^jftjiETi 1 1 I i I [Ql it n^jM i f i Tn iiTii V\(\\\ I i|i [r nff r t )
"14. Wh^aiS^you iwre-putthe curds, pour the whey
[alo i j . \in) *«^ j/-r-a-£v ,^ ^
1 5. The lion is known by the scratch of hi* claw. ^
16. Tkc oldi I t<mim = ditvE ; :cgeEÌ ^^ digtl atilnjt^ ^
17. \\ ^-i?^?^i^1 / . M 1 1 TJ fu J^|^]^^Ì.>Ktt^^»»^^4--^^ nil ; 1 rif nn
W. («)
18. The thumb opposed to the
19. Out of the caldron mto the fi^. (o)
20. Ply Ae njwhest oar»
21. The:ffiffl^fe'^w's txelconie, or the kine'.s salute.
22. What God did pr^msg^^ m lrn f-Tni« t { ¥aclramf .
, 23. W^hat is not lost wSrbe.foiind. ^,o ^ ■
I- 24. Thr^pHM'siìq^jEC a a ì r mi l ji iiiujr itf falj^lucy , «sfH.
^/UA. not grow when awake.
(A) " He does as the blind man, when he casts his staff.'*
if) " Keep what you have, and catch ^hat you can." Anne
Dulnach was desired to make her will, and her reply was the
adage above, in Gaelic.
(m) " Let the tail follow the fkin."
( n) " Better a harmless spouse, than to be spouseless."
(o) " Out of the frying-pan into the fire.'' De fttmo ad
Jlammanif evilata Charibdi in Sci/llam incidcre,
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