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

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?ill not4« at home, will not till
105. The ousel, the dob-footed ousel ! I gavel yi p the ^
sheltered grassy wood, and he gave metì|^ black^'^y''^
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106. When All*Saints'-Tide falls on a Wednesday,
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107. >ho man who would put his finger in my eye, I
would put my knee on his chest^^^^^^w* ,
108. The feast that is soonest ready, aiL^ all^down to <^^
share it.
109. The grass that appears in March," disappears in
*- April.
110. The hand that gives, is the hand that gets.
111. The thing that is destined is inevitable.
1-12. W^hat the eqr hears not, the heart stirs not. (a)
113. IS & y ^iiH^ l ^^tht LUUHtfnanco^GP «-tbe-behaYkxm-
1 1*. Say to me ere I say to thee. ^ ^>ì2ì^
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The lei f SiStf of the oae twisj^ the QthcpBmic .^feBf/
117. It is at the utmost need that a true friend is
proved. (i)
(:) Some say that this alludes to the Roman invasion, and
others refer it to the Scandinavian incursions, when the Gael
left the more sheltered spots and pasture ranges, and fled to the
festnesses of the Grampian hills. ^
(a) " What the eye sees not, the heart rues not." — Kelly's
Scotch Proverbs.
(6) " Pxove thy friend ere thou have need." — Ray's Prov.
" A friend in need is a friend indeed." — ib.
•* Many kinsfolk, ksf friends.'' — ib.
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