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

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118. The withe that compresses the neck ought first
to be cut. {e)
119. The axe to be given into the carpenter's hand.
120. The man whose lot is cast, sits on a fatal preci*
pice.
121. The distemper inherent in the mother, is usually
innate in the daughter.
122. Theman who best reaps, is he who best sows.
123. Fill little and little, as the cat ate the herring.
124. As for my share of the grain, I'll let the kiln take
fire.
1 25. The great beast devouring the little beast ; and
the least doing as it may.
126. When the carpenter loses his rule the boards will
bend,
127. When the season turns, the birds return to their
[respective] flocks.
128. The thing that lies not in your way will not break
your leg.
129. The thing that every one asserts must be true.(y)
130. The thing that is well done its effect will be seen.
131. The man who rides late will lose his spur.
132. When drink is in, wit is out. (g)
(e) " To slip one's neck out of the collar." — Rai/'s Prov.
(/ ) " That is true which all men say," Fox popuii^ vox Dei,
— ib.
(g) " When drink's in wit's out.— a slender excuse for what
people say in their drink." — Kelly s Scott. Prov.
*' In proverbium cessit^ sapientiam virw obiiìnbrari^m^'Plìn.
** Vin dentrOi senno fttora-'^