J. F. Campbell Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases

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234?. Looking [into] below, will never kiln-dry the
corn.
235. There is no proof without trial, (u)
236. A lie standeth but on one leg. (x)
237. Keep your dog [on the leash] till the falling [of
the deer.]
238. The treachery is not less than the watch [are nu-
merous.]
239. They never met with loss who suffered not dis-
grace.
240. The hedge-hog's treasure.
24<1. It is not for he knows not what the gled
whistles.
24-2. Give her food, and the world will put [raiment]
on her.
243. As well as the thief deserves the gallows, (j/)
244. God hath not said as thou hast.
245. Thou hast not seen a cow of thine own to-day. {z)
246. He is neither a pretty little [one] nor a huge
lumpish [thing.]
247. You preserve not a stone on the sea-shore.
(«) " The proof of the pudding is in the eating." Rai/'s
Prov.
(^) There is a parallel saying among the Letts. " Melleem
Ihsas kahijas, drihs warr panakht, i- e. lies have short legs. — The
English proverb has it, " A lie hath no legs." — Vide the Ma-
nual of Wisdom, p. 5.
(i/) " As well worth as a thief is worth a rope." — Rai/*s
Prov.
(z^ Said to one who seems in dishabille, and rather out of
humour.
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