Corpas

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TEI><teiHeader type="text">
	 
<fileDesc>
<titleStmt>
<title type="main">Irish Proverbs &c.</title><author><persName/></author><editor><name type="main">Ó Gramhnaigh, Eoghan</name></editor><respStmt>
	<resp>Electronic edition compiled by</resp>
	<name>Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge</name>
	</respStmt>
	</titleStmt>
<editionStmt>
	 <edition>
		 <note type="N">IG04-11909</note>
		 <note type="L">207</note>
		 <note type="B">1893</note>
		 <note type="C"/>
		 <note><p>Description of how and why changes were made</p></note>
	 </edition>
</editionStmt>
<publicationStmt>
		<publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher>
		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>May, 1893</date><idno>IG04-11909</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
		<availability>
		<p>Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (cc by-nc-sa)</p>
		</availability>
</publicationStmt>
<seriesStmt>
<title level="s">Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge</title><biblScope unit="vol">4</biblScope>
</seriesStmt>
<sourceDesc>
<biblStruct>
<analytic><author/><title>Irish Proverbs &c.</title></analytic>
<monogr>
<title level="j">Irish Proverbs &c.</title><imprint><publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher><date>May, 1893</date></imprint>
</monogr> 
</biblStruct>
</sourceDesc>
</fileDesc>
<profileDesc>
<langUsage><language ident="ga">Irish</language></langUsage>
</profileDesc>
</teiHeader>
<text><body><div><p><span>Irish Proverbs, &c.</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>From Camp, Tralee: — Imthigheann gach</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>maith lé mion-chaitheamh.  Bailigheann brob</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>beart.  An té bhidheann amuigh, fuarann a</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>chuid.  Ní h-é lá na gaoithe lá na sgolb.</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>An té nach dtabharfaidh aire do'n sgillinge,</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>ní bheidh an sgillinge aige.  Is raimhre fuil</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>ioná uisge.  Innis domhsa, innis do'n chloich</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>é; innis d'aonneach eile, innis do'n bhóthar é.</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>Ins an tseanaimsir do dheuntaoi pósadh</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>bréige ioir pháisdibh mar so; do chuireadh</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>duine a lámh ar cheann an gharsúin bhig agus</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>annsin ar cheann an ghearrchaile, ag rádh:—</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>“Píosa, pósadh; práitín rósta, Sgilléidín</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>uisge, tá sibh pósta.”</span></p>
<lb n="16"/>
<lb n="17"/><p><span>From Skibbereen: — Is fearr leis troigh</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>ar a thoil ioná bann-láimhe ar a leas.</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Banl = measure of two feet.  Bainne na</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>bó sopaighthe, sopaigh = to coax with a wisp</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>of hay.  Sé bainne na bó sopaighthe a ghnó</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>- said of a child coaxed to work.  An</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>náire is mó rug riamh Fionn, rud in a bheul</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>a's gan aon nidh in a láimh.  Drannadh mad-</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>raidh nó gáire Sagsannaigh.  Is mairg a</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>báidhtear lé linn an anatha ( = anfa), mar</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>tagann an ghrian i ndiaidh na fearthainne.</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>Ní tháinig (= tháinic, so chunna mí in Scotch</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>Gaelic = chonnaic) an tráigh 's an timcheall</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>lé h-aenneach riamh.  No one could ever do</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>(= attend to) the strand ( = work on the</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>strand, cladóireacht in Connacht) and the</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>round (visit at a holy well, etc.,) at the</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>same time.  Is eusguidhe neoin ioná maidin.</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Ní fuacht go h-earrach.  Galar gan náire</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>grádh nó tart.  Ní thagann eug gan adhbhar.</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>Súil lé cúiteach lomas an cearrbhach.  'Tis</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>the hope of satisfaction that ruins the gam-</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>bler.  Is fusaide an donus orm féin é bheith</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>ar mo chomhursain.  Is fadshaoghalach iad lucht</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>múchta (múchadh = asthma).  Seal gearr</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>súgach.  Ní tháinic gorta lé tirmeas ariamh.</span></p>
<lb n="43"/>
<lb n="44"/><p>
<lb n="45"/></p></div></body></text></TEI>
Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926

Irish Proverbs &c.

Search Texts

Historical Irish Corpus1600 - 1926

Irish Proverbs &c.

Search Texts

Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926
