Proverbs
Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:
Two proverbs, c1875
Two proverbs beginning 'Nam bu mhi gheobhadh cha bu mhi dheanadh' and 'O'n nach banachaig mi cha bhi mi trod mum fhiarach' respectively.
Two proverbs about days of the week, c1875
Two proverbs about days of the week collected from Miss Annie MacDonald, Island of Kirkibost [Eilean Chirceboist, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] on 21 July 1869.
Two proverbs relating to Lent and Easter, June 1887
Two proverbs relating to Lent and Easter which read 'A chiad Dimairt an tSolus Earraich Dimairt Inid' and 'Seac seacainean o aois gu bas eadar Caisg 'us Inid.'
Two proverbs relating to the wind, 1901
Two proverbs relating to the wind, the first beginning 'Mas a gao[th] an ear a Chall[aig]' and the second beginning 'Disath[urna] sanntach, DiLauin (sic) mall cinnteach'. The text has been scored through.
Two similar proverbs about weather, June 1887
Verse beginning 'Na bi mor 's na bi beag', 22 August 1903
Verse of advice given from a man to a boy, probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, beginning 'Na bi mor 's na bi beag, S na bi trom an seana'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.