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133. What grows in the bone, will not come out of the
flesh, (z)
134. The beginning [to mete] the sack is the rule.
135. The thing that meddles not with you, meddle not
with it. {k)
136. After war comes peace.
B.
1. In summer be cheerful, chaste, an early riser, and
alert.
2. In winter be well hooded, well shod, and well fed
with [thick] gruel. (/)
3. The best apple is on the highest bough.
4. A man may push a livelihood, but cannot force
fortune.
5. The fool's share is in the mouth of his bag.
6. One man may lead a horse to the water, but
twelve cannot make him drink. (?«)
" If ivar must ensue, let it be rather a raging than a
hectic fever," — ib.
" Wars bring scars.'' — Ray's Prov. " By wisdom peace,
by peace plenty.^^ — ib.
(i) " What's bred in the bane, will bide in the flesh." — —
Kelly's Scott. Prov.
(A-) *• Let sleeping dogs lie.'*
(/) Vide Smith's Gaelic Antiquities.
(??j) '* Ae man may lead a horse to the water, but four and
twenty winna gar him drink." — Allan Ramsay's Scottish Prov,
133. What grows in the bone, will not come out of the
flesh, (z)
134. The beginning [to mete] the sack is the rule.
135. The thing that meddles not with you, meddle not
with it. {k)
136. After war comes peace.
B.
1. In summer be cheerful, chaste, an early riser, and
alert.
2. In winter be well hooded, well shod, and well fed
with [thick] gruel. (/)
3. The best apple is on the highest bough.
4. A man may push a livelihood, but cannot force
fortune.
5. The fool's share is in the mouth of his bag.
6. One man may lead a horse to the water, but
twelve cannot make him drink. (?«)
" If ivar must ensue, let it be rather a raging than a
hectic fever," — ib.
" Wars bring scars.'' — Ray's Prov. " By wisdom peace,
by peace plenty.^^ — ib.
(i) " What's bred in the bane, will bide in the flesh." — —
Kelly's Scott. Prov.
(A-) *• Let sleeping dogs lie.'*
(/) Vide Smith's Gaelic Antiquities.
(??j) '* Ae man may lead a horse to the water, but four and
twenty winna gar him drink." — Allan Ramsay's Scottish Prov,
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases > (45) |
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Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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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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