Proverbs
Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:
Proverb beginning 'Mo shuil dhileas s mo dhearbh namhaid' and accompanying note, c1892
Proverb which reads 'Mo shuil dhileas s mo dhearbh namhaid, Is olc an dist nach foghair an a dh aon duine'.
Proverb beginning 'Oiche rionnagach reulagach', August 1903
Proverb which reads 'Oi[dh]che rionnagach reulagach gun cheo gun ghaoith gun turadh gun uisge.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Proverb beginning 'Tha leigheas air gach cas', 1894
Proverb beginning 'Tha leigheas air gach cas, Ach air a bhas ni bheil' with accompanying English translation. The text is written in ink and has been scored through in ink.
Proverb beginning 'Tha leigheas an gach cas', 1894
Proverb which reads 'Tha leigheas an gach cas, Ach cha nil/ni bheil leigheas air a bhas'. The text has been scored through in pencil.
Proverb beginning 'Ugh aig eirig leanamh aig aimig is cla[?nn] aig sgalaig', 1877
Proverb beginning 'Ugh aig eirig leanamh aig aimig is cla[nn] aig sgalaig' collected from Mary Stewart, age 76, Malacleit, [Malaclate, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist].
Proverb for 'a man of honour', July 1909
Proverb for 'a man of honour' which reads 'Duine air fhacal us each air thaod'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Proverb for choosing a dog beginning 'Cuil[ean] bas dubh bui[dhe]', 22 August 1903
Proverb for choosing a dog probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, beginning 'Cuil[ean] bas dubh bui[dhe] Ciad mhac na saigh, Am a bhith sa Mhairt'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Proverb or verse beginning 'Saoghal subh sona dhuibh', August 1903
Proverb or verse beginning 'Saoghal subh sona dhuibh, Sar cudh fallan slan'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Proverb said by people in good trim, August 1883
Proverb said by people in good trim beginning which reads 'Chnamhadh mo ghoile chlach is reachainn fhein roimh thigh teine'.
Proverb which begins 'Sgrìob am Muileach agus sliobair am Muileach thu', 1883
Proverb which reads 'Sgrìob am Muileach agus sliobair am Muileach thu. Ach sliob am Muileach agus sgrìobai am Muileach thu' [Stroke the Mull man and he'll scratch you. But scratch the Mull man and he'll stroke you].