Blair Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases

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7. The man who nims the needle, would filch the
thimble if he could.
8. The blind mounted on the cripple, {k)
9. What sent the messengers to hell,
Was asking wdiat they knew full well.
10. That excuse to themselves, — or be it their own
affair.
11. The man who has, let him hold ; he who has not,
let him draw. (/)
12. The man who will go through thorns for me, I will
go through briars for him.
13. The man who ties [firmly his fardel] travels [freely.
14. Where you have put the curds, pour the whey
[also], (in)
15. The lion is known by the scratch of his daw.
16. The oldest man that ever lived, died at last.
17. With such a husband as I have, I get children
by. (n)
J 8. The thumb opposed to the palm.
19. Out of the caldron into the fire, (o)
20. Ply the nighest oar.
21. The strange cow's welcome, or the kine's salute.
22. What God did promise, man cannot defraud.
23. What is not lost will be found.
24. The person who will not grow in his sleep, will
not grow when awake.
(Xr) " He does as the blind mBn, -when lie casts his staffi'*
(l) " Keep what you have, and catch what you can." Anne
Dulnach was desired to make her will, and her reply was the
adage above, in Gaelic.
(w) " Let the tail follow the skin."
(w) " Better a harmless spouse, than to be spouseless."
(o) '^ Out of the frying*pan into the fire.*' De fitmo ad
fammavij evitata Ckaribdi in Scyllam incidere,
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