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

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1€3. Cha bhi donas tolrbheartha.
164«. Chaillear na b' fhearr leam, 's cha b' fheaiT beo e,
165. Cha chinn feur air an rathad mhor ; no coineach
air a chloich a bhithios g'a sior ghluaise.
166. Cha chreid thu 'n t-aog'gus am faic thu 'n t-adh-
lacadh (p)
167. Cha d'theid plasd air bagairt.
168. Cha'n 'eil maith gun mhileadh.
169. Cha d'oil an sagart ach na bh'aige.
170. Cha bhi dail air aran fuint', no air fodar buailt.
171. €ha d'thainig eim glan riamh 'o neid a chlamh-
ain.
l'7''2. Cha d'thug leis an triiail, nacli d'fhiiair leis a
chlaidheamh.
173. Cha d'thug sar uach d'fhuaihng sar.
171'. Cha'n 'eil deirc ann. n'as measa no siohnna
choirc.
175. Cha'n iochd learn cncud mo leas mhathair.
176. Cha tabhair thu 'n aire gus an 'theid am biop
'sail t-suih
177. Cha choir è neach sa bith air falbli ie crithe
goirt.
178. Cho chuimseach lamh ri Conloch.
179. Cha'n iad no ro chleirichd is fearr. (q)
{p) " You will not believe a man dead till you see his brains
out." — Rays Prov.
{()) " The greatest clerks are not the wisest men."— 7?aw-
satfs Scott. Prov.