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348. It is not the obtaining of cattle that is worst, but
their loss after having been once obtained.
349. A stone in your shoe.
350. Unless you enquire you will not be informed.
351. It was not your board, but your little land that
* is spent.
352. One swallow makes not summer.
353. A bad reaper never got a good sickle.
354. Every key in the country hangs not at one belt.
355. The dumb tell not a lie.
356. The man who is afraid of straws, ought not to
sleep in the cold.
357. Willingness will not pay debt, {n)
358. You cannot see the wood for the trees.
359. The penn'i/s right is not rest.
360. A king's son is not more noble than his peers.
361. It is not the pick of the swine that the gentle
beggar gets.
362. A hungry dog gets no bone, (o)
363. It is not the large dowry that makes the rich tes-
tament.
364. A hen going in quest of geese, (p)
365. You have not brought your own ship to land yet.
366. The pen will not refuse [to write] a lie.
367. There ascends not from the [boiling] pot but the
vapour it contains.
368. We know not the need of the well till it ceases
to spring.
(w) " Sorrow will pay no debt." — Ray's Prov.
'EtS«/ji««y ftijSsv t>^ii>.m, Happy is he who owes nothing.
(o) "A good dog deserves a good bone." — Ray's Prov.
(p^ " The hen egg goes to the haa, to bring the goose egg
awa." — " Spoken," observes Kelly, " when poor people give
small gifts, to be doubly repaid."
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348. It is not the obtaining of cattle that is worst, but
their loss after having been once obtained.
349. A stone in your shoe.
350. Unless you enquire you will not be informed.
351. It was not your board, but your little land that
* is spent.
352. One swallow makes not summer.
353. A bad reaper never got a good sickle.
354. Every key in the country hangs not at one belt.
355. The dumb tell not a lie.
356. The man who is afraid of straws, ought not to
sleep in the cold.
357. Willingness will not pay debt, {n)
358. You cannot see the wood for the trees.
359. The penn'i/s right is not rest.
360. A king's son is not more noble than his peers.
361. It is not the pick of the swine that the gentle
beggar gets.
362. A hungry dog gets no bone, (o)
363. It is not the large dowry that makes the rich tes-
tament.
364. A hen going in quest of geese, (p)
365. You have not brought your own ship to land yet.
366. The pen will not refuse [to write] a lie.
367. There ascends not from the [boiling] pot but the
vapour it contains.
368. We know not the need of the well till it ceases
to spring.
(w) " Sorrow will pay no debt." — Ray's Prov.
'EtS«/ji««y ftijSsv t>^ii>.m, Happy is he who owes nothing.
(o) "A good dog deserves a good bone." — Ray's Prov.
(p^ " The hen egg goes to the haa, to bring the goose egg
awa." — " Spoken," observes Kelly, " when poor people give
small gifts, to be doubly repaid."
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases > (99) |
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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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