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37. Better be silent, than be affronted.
38. The devil's loan to the mill.
39. Felicity follows the footsteps of the bountiful.
40. A wife may bear a son, but it is God makes him an
heir.
41. A wise man will, in one night's decision, give a
year's accomplish nient.
42. They have struck her head against the ambrey.
43. Happy would the squanderer be, if he got as he
squandered.
44. A blessing attend their departing and travelling 1
this day is Friday, they will not hear us.
45. Greedy was she who first put her finger in thy
mouth.
46. A man's fault will be huge as a mountain before he
himself can perceive it.
47. Great destruction [wreck] near the land's border,
i. e. sea- shore.
48. The goats are deaf in harvest. (/?)
49. A hornless cow in a strange fold. (/)
50. A smooth tongue vail biant wrath, [k)
51. As the blind struck the tub; or, as the blind
threw his club.
52. That were the liandful above the sackful.
53. Better to sit beside the madman, than the bare-
naked [needy] man.
54. Friday is contrary to the week.
55c The bo}^ grovelling in the ashes, may be an upish
lad.
5Q. The last groan is grievous.
(h) While they nibble the ripe ear in harvest.
(i) "I was like a cow in an unco loan."— JT;?//?/'' Prcv.
(1c) " A soft answer turneth away wrath'.'
37. Better be silent, than be affronted.
38. The devil's loan to the mill.
39. Felicity follows the footsteps of the bountiful.
40. A wife may bear a son, but it is God makes him an
heir.
41. A wise man will, in one night's decision, give a
year's accomplish nient.
42. They have struck her head against the ambrey.
43. Happy would the squanderer be, if he got as he
squandered.
44. A blessing attend their departing and travelling 1
this day is Friday, they will not hear us.
45. Greedy was she who first put her finger in thy
mouth.
46. A man's fault will be huge as a mountain before he
himself can perceive it.
47. Great destruction [wreck] near the land's border,
i. e. sea- shore.
48. The goats are deaf in harvest. (/?)
49. A hornless cow in a strange fold. (/)
50. A smooth tongue vail biant wrath, [k)
51. As the blind struck the tub; or, as the blind
threw his club.
52. That were the liandful above the sackful.
53. Better to sit beside the madman, than the bare-
naked [needy] man.
54. Friday is contrary to the week.
55c The bo}^ grovelling in the ashes, may be an upish
lad.
5Q. The last groan is grievous.
(h) While they nibble the ripe ear in harvest.
(i) "I was like a cow in an unco loan."— JT;?//?/'' Prcv.
(1c) " A soft answer turneth away wrath'.'
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases > (47) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80462650 |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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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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