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332. No wonder that the cask smells of the herrings in
which they are,
333. Minds are not less mutable, than heads are many
in number, {d)
334. He conceals not either what he hears or sees.
335. One man's [ill] fate is another man's [good] for-
tune.
336. As strong as Cuchullin. (e)
337. Between the fool and the man of discretion there
is but this diiference, the one reveals, and the
other conceals his intention.
338. He rooted [planted] nought but what flourished
with him.
339. You would not go so deftly on my errand.
340. The storms repose not in the skies, {f)
341. Small growth of body, great growth of hair.
342. He will not sell his hen on a rainy day. {g)
343. Prosperity is not to be obtained by force.
344. The ebbs stay not, and the tides have no haven, {/i)
345. It is not the dark-brown home-made cloth that is
unworthy of fulling.
346. The tattered sheep that is entangled in the bram-
ble leaves her wool in the bush.
347. Secret news is no longer such when committed to
three [persons].
(d) " So many heads, so many wits, nay, nay ;
We see many heads, and no wits some say."
HeywoodCs Epigr. on Prov.
(e) One of Ossian's heroes.
i^f) Ne caldoy negelo resta mat in cielo.
(g) " He'll no sell his hen on a rainy day."— ifawwaj/'* Scott.
Prov.
(h) " Time and tide tarry for no man." — Rat/*s Prov.
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332. No wonder that the cask smells of the herrings in
which they are,
333. Minds are not less mutable, than heads are many
in number, {d)
334. He conceals not either what he hears or sees.
335. One man's [ill] fate is another man's [good] for-
tune.
336. As strong as Cuchullin. (e)
337. Between the fool and the man of discretion there
is but this diiference, the one reveals, and the
other conceals his intention.
338. He rooted [planted] nought but what flourished
with him.
339. You would not go so deftly on my errand.
340. The storms repose not in the skies, {f)
341. Small growth of body, great growth of hair.
342. He will not sell his hen on a rainy day. {g)
343. Prosperity is not to be obtained by force.
344. The ebbs stay not, and the tides have no haven, {/i)
345. It is not the dark-brown home-made cloth that is
unworthy of fulling.
346. The tattered sheep that is entangled in the bram-
ble leaves her wool in the bush.
347. Secret news is no longer such when committed to
three [persons].
(d) " So many heads, so many wits, nay, nay ;
We see many heads, and no wits some say."
HeywoodCs Epigr. on Prov.
(e) One of Ossian's heroes.
i^f) Ne caldoy negelo resta mat in cielo.
(g) " He'll no sell his hen on a rainy day."— ifawwaj/'* Scott.
Prov.
(h) " Time and tide tarry for no man." — Rat/*s Prov.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases > (97) |
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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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