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267. I stepped over a weed.
268. There is no door without a dirty plash, and some
have two.
269. An imprecation will not fall on stick or stone.
270. Yesterday returns not to-day.
271. They have put the sleep-bag 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 T 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, {k)
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 dog with regard to his bone.
" Ni f allot fatumy Scoti, quocunque locatum
" Invement lapidem hunc, regnare tenentur ibidem'*— ^ScG
additional Notes.
- (i) Said when a person is seized suddenly with sickness.
(k) Maolruanaidk, a name given to light-headed creatures
who appear at fairs, wakes, and other rural sports, too fre-
quently.
(/) Meaning that ho will spend freely without rnnning in
debt.
( 712 ) " Xul pai;i sans pein.'
268. There is no door without a dirty plash, and some
have two.
269. An imprecation will not fall on stick or stone.
270. Yesterday returns not to-day.
271. They have put the sleep-bag 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 T 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, {k)
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 dog with regard to his bone.
" Ni f allot fatumy Scoti, quocunque locatum
" Invement lapidem hunc, regnare tenentur ibidem'*— ^ScG
additional Notes.
- (i) Said when a person is seized suddenly with sickness.
(k) Maolruanaidk, a name given to light-headed creatures
who appear at fairs, wakes, and other rural sports, too fre-
quently.
(/) Meaning that ho will spend freely without rnnning in
debt.
( 712 ) " Xul pai;i sans pein.'
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases > (89) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80466327 |
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| Description | Englished a-new : to which is added, 'The way to wealth,' by Benjamin Franklin. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.f.21 |
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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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