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		 <note type="L">172</note>
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		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>February, 1895</date><idno>IG05-10144</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span><pb n="172"/></span>
<lb n="1"/><span>PROVERBS — MUNSTER</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>(Mr. P. McCarthy, Clohane Castle).</span></p>
<lb n="4"/>
<lb n="5"/><p><span>1.  Seasamh fada ar cosaibh laga.</span></p>
<lb n="6"/>
<lb n="7"/><p><span>Standing long on weak feet.</span></p>
<lb n="8"/>
<lb n="9"/><p><span>(Feitheamh fada etc. in Beara — P.O L.)</span></p>
<lb n="10"/>
<lb n="11"/><p><span>2.  Muimhneach lághach, Laighneach spleádhach.</span></p>
<lb n="12"/>
<lb n="13"/><p><span>Munsterman loquacious, Leinsterman</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>obsequious.</span></p>
<lb n="15"/>
<lb n="16"/><p><span>3.  Faoiligh a mharbhaigheas na caoirigh.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>February kills the sheep (Faoidigh in</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Béara — P. O L.)</span></p>
<lb n="20"/>
<lb n="21"/><p><span>4.  Ní gearánta dhom, ar nós fhir na coise</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>briste.</span></p>
<lb n="23"/>
<lb n="24"/><p><span>I shouldn't complain, like the man of</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>the broken leg.</span></p>
<lb n="26"/>
<lb n="27"/><p><span>(“Ní gearánta dhom,” arsa fear na</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>coise briste, that is, though matters</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>are bad enough, yet they might have</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>been worse; gearánta is a remnant</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>of the O.I. participle of necessity,</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>of which instances still exist in</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>Munster.  P.O L.)</span></p>
<lb n="34"/>
<lb n="35"/><p><span>5.  'Sé a dhíchioll meath.</span></p>
<lb n="36"/>
<lb n="37"/><p><span>If things come to the very worst, they</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>cannot go beyond failure.</span></p>
<lb n="39"/>
<lb n="40"/><p><span>(Sé díchioll an sgéil meath. — P.O L.)</span></p>
<lb n="41"/>
<lb n="42"/><p><span>6.  Is úr stiall do leathar dhuine eile.</span></p>
<lb n="43"/>
<lb n="44"/><p><span>One is generous with what is not one's</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>own (lit., soft is a piece of leather</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>belonging to another).  (Is úll etc.,</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>úll = oll: mar ghioll has become</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>mar ghiull; os cionn, os ciún; and</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>why not oll, úll? — P.O L.)</span></p>
<lb n="50"/>
<lb n="51"/><p><span>7.  Solus fé bhéal daibhche.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>A light under a kieve turned upside</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>down.  (Rún etc. in Béara, that is, a</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>secret that will leak out. — P.O L.)</span></p>
<lb n="56"/>
<lb n="57"/><p><span>8.  Ní'l acht sár rómham agus leanfad thu.</span></p>
<lb n="58"/>
<lb n="59"/><p><span>It is merely, haste thou before and I</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>will foloow thee — that is, death at</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>farthest is near to the youngest of us.</span></p>
<lb n="62"/>
<lb n="63"/><p><span>9.  Is feárr déidhionaighe ná ró-dhéidhionaighe.</span></p>
<lb n="64"/>
<lb n="65"/><p><span>Better late than never.</span></p>
<lb n="66"/>
<lb n="67"/><p><span>10.  Castar na daoine ar a chéile, acht ní</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>castar na cnoic 'ná na sléibhte.</span></p>
<lb n="69"/>
<lb n="70"/><p><span>People meet, but hills and mountains</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>don't meet, that is, don't ever do one</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>a bad turn.</span></p>
<lb n="73"/>
<lb n="74"/><p><span>11.  Tarrai(n)geann taithighe toil,</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>Acht tarrai(n)geann taithighe locht.</span></p>
<lb n="76"/>
<lb n="77"/><p><span>Practice draws desire on,</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>But practice (too) draws crime on.</span></p>
<lb n="79"/>
<lb n="80"/><p><span>(Taithighe mheuduigheas toil,</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>Taithighe mheuduigheas locht. — P.O L.)</span></p>
<lb n="82"/>
<lb n="83"/><p><span>12.  Comhrádh ban ar chléith.</span></p>
<lb n="84"/>
<lb n="85"/><p><span>The conversation of women on a</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>cliath, i.e. a wickerwork kind of seat</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>near the fire.</span></p>
<lb n="88"/>
<lb n="89"/><p><span>(To which is added, in Beara,</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>Cómhradh ná bíonn réidh.)</span></p>
<lb n="91"/>
<lb n="92"/><p><span>13.  Is teann gach madradh ar láthair a thighe</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>féin.</span></p>
<lb n="94"/>
<lb n="95"/><p><span>Valiant is every dog on the site of his</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>own house, that is, confidence is a</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>good part of success.</span></p>
<lb n="98"/>
<lb n="99"/><p><span>(Is teann gach madradh geárr ar urlár</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>a thighe féin, in Beara. — P.O L.)</span></p>
<lb n="101"/>
<lb n="102"/><p><span>14.  Ní théidheann rogha ó réitioch.</span></p>
<lb n="103"/>
<lb n="104"/><p><span>There is no better selection than agree-</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>ment or peace (lit., Selection goes</span>
<lb n="106"/><span>not from agreement).</span></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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