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

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5 1 . What is in it of fascination befall the soothsayer,
52. Though his head be black, his heart is fair.
53. Cumberswiie [bulky] as the master of the house*3
mother, always in the children's way, or in the
chickens's light.
54. Althougk I would lay the hair of my head under
his feet.
55. Wind upon [against] a ship ; wind through a
hole, and an eddy wind.
56. jSo man can beget another man's children, — till
the sea is on fire.
57. You would have the crows of the hills.
58. The praise of friends is sweeter than a draught of
metheglin.
59. Sweet praise beguiles the fool.
60. Vast praise in a little body !
61. Spurring a horse at full speed,
62. On St Patrick's day, in every cow-herd's house,
may be had a pie- bald calf.
63. Wind at south denotes warmth and fertility ; — .
wind at west denotes fish and much milk ; — wind
at north indicates cold and storm ; — wind at
east indicates the fruitfulness of trees.
64?. Whoever cannot endure injury, cannot enjoy re-
pose.
bandry, weather, and the seasons of the year, with great gravity,
and has devoted a small portion of his valuable Collection of
English Proverbs to the record of many old sayings regarding the
southern section of Great Britain on this head. The fact seems
to be, that the saws of rustics and husbandmen are relatively
just, as well as locally true ; hence their usefulness in agricultu-
ral affairs and rural economy.
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