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

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234'.* In!y ilrin g/[into] bolow, will n t ^ o r ItUft.d r} !^-^
235. There is no proof without trial, {u)
i 236^ A lie^tandefcfc but on oi^lpg. (.r) ^^
; 23^.^Ieee^ your dog -!Ua^Ad|p!fch l till, th e falling-Cef
'^ tLsudeei:.] /7^ f^> '*^'T > . /•/ (<^ >; '-^'
I 238. Tlie treachery is not iiK^than the watch :6aS£:©M-
239. They never met with loss who suffered not dis-
i grace.
240. The l^edgejho^^sJ^^Hre^y^>*^.ii<^^ii^i^^~ ^^^
ì*>'l/1 whistle!. ^^, - -
242. e'ÌM8 her fi^ aiidUe world
-w* her. ^
243. As well as the thief deserves the gallows, (j/)
244. God hath not said «^ thou has^^^ i^cx<. -^
245. Thou hast not seen Si cow of thine own to-dayw(s)
246. He is'Ì?^*::HÌ4ÌS§Jml^-ft«e^ --.■^^4^--.
^Q «ippioh^[tliing3 ^/^ r^
247. Yoir
. 1 ou, preserve q^ a stone on the •ashore. cr> ^
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I ( «) " The proof of the pudding is in the eating." Rat/'s
Prov,
\ (a) There is a parallel saying among the Letts. " Melleem
I ihsas kahijas, drihs warr panakht, i- e. lies have short legs. — The
English proverb has it, " A lie hath no legs." — Vide the Ma-
I nual of Wisdom, p. 5.
; (y) " As well worth as a thief is worth a rope." — Ray's
I Prov.
(«■ Said to one who seems in dishabille, and rather out of
hurooDf.