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

110. A son in the stead of a father, thou art not.
ill. The curmudgeon wastes [his wealth] upon a
cinder-wench.
112. The coahnan's trick, — little coal, and frequent
coming,
113. Fingal never gave battle, without a reward.
114. Food is not dear, if it can be had for money.
115. He is not a disobedient man-servant.
116. Theft will not overtake repentance.
117. A carle's spirit will not be forced out of him by
threatening.
118. Cold, hardship, and bad i)argains, come not till
spring.
119. This was not [given] without upbraiding ;— bet*
ter upbraid than refuse it.
120. Scum will not rise on the cat's share [of the milk.]
121. I have but short hose of [the web] but you have
long trowsers of it.
122. God never «ent a mouth to the world, without its
portion of supply.
123. The ale-wife's whisper. (?/)
1 24. You would lose your ears, were they not fixed to
your head.
125. Keep the fair on the fair day. (ct)
126. Vain glory flies not in the face of [pecuniary]
advantage.
127. Sickness no sooner leaves you, than itching seizes
you.
128. House-keeping cannot be furnished from empty
shelves [walls.] (j/)
'(zi) Trom piano will swell to forte !
(x) " Keep the feast till the feast-day." — Ramsaì/^ Prov.
(j/) *' Bai-e walls make giddy housewives,'* — Bays Prov.