Proverbs
Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:
Proverb which reads 'Aona gu fas, Mart gu gearradh', 1901
Proverb which reads 'Aona gu fas, Mart gu gearradh'. Text has been scored through.
Proverb which reads 'Bhireadh e òrnais air mhath ghamhain', 1894
Proverb which reads 'Bh[e]ireadh e òrrais air mhath ghamhain' [His conduct would make a bear squeamish] and noted as being from An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye.
Proverb which reads 'Cha dhubh grian 's cha gheallaich uisg air', c1892
Proverb which reads 'Cha dhubh grian 's cha gheallaich uisg air' [Sun won't blacken nor water bleach it]. The text is followed by an arithmetic calculation which has been scored out.
Proverb which reads 'Chan innis an t iasg a shealg gu ceann bliadhna', September 1884
Proverb which reads 'Chan innis an t iasg[air] a shealg gu ceann bliadhna' collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].
Proverb which reads 'Fear gun each gun eathar 's fad a shàil ri talamh', 31 May 1877
Proverb which reads 'Fear gun each gun eathar 's fad a shàil ri talamh', probably collected on Carmichael's trip to Siolaigh [Shillay, Caolas na Hearadh/Sound of Harris].
Proverb which reads 'Feumaidh fear nan cuan eiridh uair romh fhear nam brog', c1892
Proverb which reads 'Feumaidh fear nan cuar[an] eiridh uair romh fhear nam brog' [The man of the sock must rise an hour before the wearer of the shoes].
Proverb which reads 'Is fearr innleachd no amirst', 1894
Proverb which reads 'Is fearr innleachd no amirst. Ingenuity is better than [-]' [possibly Thig innleachd ri aimbeart. Ingenuity breeds want].
Proverb which reads 'Is fhurasda buile an t-seann laoich [fhein air] 12 young [heroes]', June 1887
Proverb which reads 'Is fhurasda buile an t-seann laoich [fhein air] 12 young [heroes]'. The text is difficult to read and each line has been scored through horizontally.
Proverb which reads 'Is olc an goile nach teodhidh deoch dha fhein', 1883
Proverb which reads 'Is olc an goile nach teòdh[a]idh deoch dha fhèin'.
Proverb which reads 'Is olc an t-suil gun an t soillse', c1892
Proverb which reads 'Is olc an t-suil gun an t soillse'.