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Proverbs

 Subject
Subject Source: Sss
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Fragment of a verse beginning 'La ill Mhic thig an riogh as an toll', 17 October 1873

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/81
Scope and Contents

Fragment of a verse collected from an unnamed informant probably in Tolstadh Bho Thuath [Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis], beginning 'La [Fhe]ill[e] Mhic[heil] thig an riogh as an toll, Mar buinn mise dhan riogh.' There are five lines to the verse.

Dates: 17 October 1873

Proverb beginning 'La fheil Moire na Feill Pead[air]' and accompanying note, c1892

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/77
Scope and Contents

Proverb which reads 'La fheil[l] Moire na Feill Pead[air] La S mu thig no thainig' and accompanying note which reads '25 March Annunciation Day. When it falls on Good Friday calamitous for Europe - war pestilence &c'.

Dates: c1892