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* air do shon tein, airson do theaghluigh, do tliutcha,
' agus do riogh. Laimhfich do bhuill acfuin lamh-
- ruisgte, Cha ghlac cat le lamhgar luchaibh, mar deir
' Eoghan Tiarmail. Is fior gu'm bheil thu lag lamh-
' ach, ach greimich gu teann agus chi thu mor thairbh;
* caithe sith shile na clochan ; le foighidin is dichioU
' ghearr an luch ball na luinge agus leigibh builibh
* beag ard darach.
' Saoilim gu 'n cluinn mi cuid agaibh ag radh, nach
* sead duine cuid aitheas a lui'easach air fein ? Inn-
' seam dhuit a charaid, ciod a thuirt Eoghan Tiarmail,
* Caith t aimsir gn maith m' as aill leat righeachd air
' aithis ; agus, o nach 'eil thu cinntich a mionoid, na
' diom-buil uaii". Ata am na h aithis, air son ni eigin
' tarbhach a dheanamh, agus gheabh an duine gniomh-
* ach so, ach cha'n fhuigh an leasgan a chuidh i, oir
' is da ni beatha aitheasach, agus beatha lunndach, ata
' mòran lèr b' aill teachd beò le 'n crion-sheoltachd
* as eagmhuis saothar, ach 'ta iad a dol a thaoibh le
* dibheil storais ; 'n uair ata saothair, ag treoracha'
* chum stMais, pailteas, agus urram. Seachain subh-
* achas, agus leanaidh i thu. Bithidh pailteas anairt
* aig' an deagh shniomhaich, agus anois o tha caoirigh
* is buar agani, cuire gach neach failt' or 'm.
* II. Ach le'r trom-shaothair 's eigin dhuinn mar an
* ceadna, bhi daingean, suighichte, agus curamach,
* agus amharc air ar gnothaiche le'r suilibh fein, gun
* mhor earbsa, chuir ann each eile ; mar a deir Eoghan
* Tiarmail.
* Cha 'n fhiis a chraobh a shith luaisgear,
' Na' n teaghlach a shith ghluaiseir.
' Co maith, riu sin a dh'fhanas nan dualchas.
* Ta tri inuichean co olc re teine, agus Gle do
' threud, is gleidheadhtdo threud thu', a ris ma 's aill
* air do shon tein, airson do theaghluigh, do tliutcha,
' agus do riogh. Laimhfich do bhuill acfuin lamh-
- ruisgte, Cha ghlac cat le lamhgar luchaibh, mar deir
' Eoghan Tiarmail. Is fior gu'm bheil thu lag lamh-
' ach, ach greimich gu teann agus chi thu mor thairbh;
* caithe sith shile na clochan ; le foighidin is dichioU
' ghearr an luch ball na luinge agus leigibh builibh
* beag ard darach.
' Saoilim gu 'n cluinn mi cuid agaibh ag radh, nach
* sead duine cuid aitheas a lui'easach air fein ? Inn-
' seam dhuit a charaid, ciod a thuirt Eoghan Tiarmail,
* Caith t aimsir gn maith m' as aill leat righeachd air
' aithis ; agus, o nach 'eil thu cinntich a mionoid, na
' diom-buil uaii". Ata am na h aithis, air son ni eigin
' tarbhach a dheanamh, agus gheabh an duine gniomh-
* ach so, ach cha'n fhuigh an leasgan a chuidh i, oir
' is da ni beatha aitheasach, agus beatha lunndach, ata
' mòran lèr b' aill teachd beò le 'n crion-sheoltachd
* as eagmhuis saothar, ach 'ta iad a dol a thaoibh le
* dibheil storais ; 'n uair ata saothair, ag treoracha'
* chum stMais, pailteas, agus urram. Seachain subh-
* achas, agus leanaidh i thu. Bithidh pailteas anairt
* aig' an deagh shniomhaich, agus anois o tha caoirigh
* is buar agani, cuire gach neach failt' or 'm.
* II. Ach le'r trom-shaothair 's eigin dhuinn mar an
* ceadna, bhi daingean, suighichte, agus curamach,
* agus amharc air ar gnothaiche le'r suilibh fein, gun
* mhor earbsa, chuir ann each eile ; mar a deir Eoghan
* Tiarmail.
* Cha 'n fhiis a chraobh a shith luaisgear,
' Na' n teaghlach a shith ghluaiseir.
' Co maith, riu sin a dh'fhanas nan dualchas.
* Ta tri inuichean co olc re teine, agus Gle do
' threud, is gleidheadhtdo threud thu', a ris ma 's aill
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases > (418) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78588187 |
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Description | A 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. |
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Description | Selected 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. |
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