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

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'J67. I stepped over a weed.
'^GS. There is no door without a dirty plash, and some
have two.
269. An imprecation will not fall on stick or stone.
270. Yesterda}' returns not to-day.
271. They have put the sleep-hag under his head, [i)
272. The family of the free Scots shall flourish, if the
prediction prove not false, wherever the fatal
stone is found, and shall take possession] by
the rights of heaven \^jure divino^.
273. She would not give alms to [even] the blind on
the cripple's back.
274. There is neither market nor fair, but Maolruani
will be there. (X)
275. He went not about the bush with it.
276. He will not plunder the country. (/)
277. There comes not from the cask but such liquor as
it contains.
278. What would you expect from a cow, but her
low?
279. Without trouble no good is obtained, {in)
280. He is no do^^ with regard to his bone.
" Ni fallat fatiim, Scoti, qiiociinque locatuvi
" Invement lapidem hunc, regnare tenentiir ibidem,*' — See
additional Notes.
(i) Said when a person is seized suddenly with sickness.
(A) Maolruanaidh, a name given to light-headed creatures
tvho appear at fairs, wakes, and other rural sports, too fre-
quently.
(/) Meaning that he will spend freely ulthout running in
debt.
f m ) " Niil pain sans pein''