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		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>August, 1894</date><idno>IG05-10100</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>West Cork Proverbs</span></p>
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<lb n="2"/><p><span>Mr. O'Leary</span></p>
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<lb n="4"/><p><span>Ní crádh go cloínn (There is no anguish</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>of soul till one has children, i.e. all anguish</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>is as nothing compared to that created by</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>children).  Íosann cat ciuin biadh (A mild</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>cat eats food, i.e., a gentle exterior is no</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>sure index of what a person's inward feel-</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>ings may be).  Cuir sa chómhra, agus gheóbhthar</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>gnó de (Put it in the box, and a business will</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>be found for it, i.e. throw not away what</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>you don't presently want; it may be useful</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>hereafter).  An té ná tógfaidh cómhairle,</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>gheóbhaidh sé cómhrac (He who will not take</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>advice will get a combat, i.e., will have to</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>encounter difficulties).</span></p>
<lb n="18"/>
<lb n="19"/><p><span>Is marig leigeas mac maith le droch-</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>mháthair (Woe to him who forgets a good</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>son because of an evil mother, lit., who lets</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>a good son with an evil mother).  Mairg</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>guala gan bráthair (Woe to a shoulder</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>without a brother, i.e., woe to him who has</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>no friend).  Tar éis tuigtear gach beart</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>(When a thing is done advice comes too</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>late., lit., after (its being done) every deed</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>is (rightly) understood.  When the deed</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>is done, it is then one knows the conse-</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>quences.  Caitheann gach aonne(ach) géill</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>eadh dh'á bhacaighe féin (Everyone has to</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>submit to his own lameness).  Tabhair do</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>chrios do mhnaoi ainfhir agus bí féin ad'</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>óinsigh (Give the girdle to a marriageable</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>woman, and be a fool thyself, i.e., what</span></p>
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<div><lb n="36"/><p><span>you need yourself give to another, and</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>then be — a fool.)  Duine 'na aonar duine</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>gan aonne(ach) (A person trusting to one</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>is trusting to none, lit., a person in his</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>one person, a person without anyone).</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>Tabhair a rogha do'n bhodach agus béarfaidh sé</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>díogha duit (Give his choice to the churl,</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>and he will give you the dregs).</span></p>
<lb n="44"/>
<lb n="45"/><p><span>NOTE:— Díogha is opposed to rogha: diúgha is also</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>heard in W. Cork, as atáim anois gan diugha gan</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>dadaoi (= dadamh).</span></p>
<lb n="48"/>
<lb n="49"/><p><span>Is fuar an tigh nach gnáthuighid na fir</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>(Poor is the house where the men don't</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>dwell).  Ná saoil go m-beidh Síghle ar chois</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>agat (Don't think till you have Sheela by</span>
<lb n="53"/><span>the foot = Don't count your chickens before</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>the eggs are hatched (There is a pun on</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>saoil).</span></p>
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<lb n="57"/><p>
<lb n="58"/><span>Ná déan imirc Luan nó Máirt;</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>Ná Dia-Ceudaoin, lá ar n-a bhárach;</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>Bidheann Dia-dhardaoin soirbh, sámh;</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Is iondual an Aoine ag báisdigh;</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>Fág an Satharn ag Muire Mháthair</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>'S imthigh Dia Domhnaigh, mar is é</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>is fearr duit.</span></p>
<lb n="65"/>
<lb n="66"/><p>
<lb n="67"/><span>Some versions have in the last line, má's</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>é is fearr leat, if you prefer this, if you</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>wish.</span></p>
<lb n="70"/>
<lb n="71"/><p><span>This word imirc (in some places imirighe;</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>compare comairce and comuirighe) is the</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>word used for a “flitting.”  In the Arann</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>Islands imirc uabhair, lit., “flitting of pride,”</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>is said when a person without any suffi-</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>cient reason changes his residence.  But</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>perhaps this is really imirc fhoghmhair, a</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>harvest flitting.  Iondual is a very common</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>word in the West; is iondual (ooN'-dhoo-</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>al) amhlaidh, and is often thus.  The conse-</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>cration of Saturday to the B.V. Mary is</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>very ancient.</span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>An old hymn (Mr. O'Flaherty):</span></p>
<lb n="85"/>
<lb n="86"/><p><span>Fuair mé an Phaidir so ó Mháire Lása (Lacy):</span></p>
<lb n="87"/>
<lb n="88"/><p><span>Sínim síos mar shín Críost san gcroich,</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>Brat Muire mar sgaball orm;</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>A Mhuire dhílis, mo mhíle grádh thú!</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>Mo liaigh léighis, tinn a's slán thú!</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>Mo fhíor-charaid ar nuair mo bháis thú!</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>A Mhaighcean Mhuire, tabhair m'anam slán</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>leat</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>Ar do dheas-láimh go cúirt na ngrása.</span></p>
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<lb n="97"/><p>
<lb n="98"/><span>Tá ceithre coirnéil ar mo leabaidh,</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>Tá ceithre aingil orra sgartha,</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>Na trí aingil is áirde i bhflaitheas</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>A chúmhdach 's a ghárdáil m'anam arís go</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>maidin.</span></p>
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<lb n="104"/><p>
<lb n="105"/><span>To test one's articulation, the following</span>
<lb n="106"/><span>may be said nine times, “without drawing</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>breath”:— Cearc uisge ar loch uisce, a's í</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>ag plubáil 's ag plabáil, cia déaraidh naoi</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>n-uaire é, gan foillighe, gan faillighe?</span></p>
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<lb n="111"/><p/>
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<lb n="113"/><p/></div></body></text></TEI>
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