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<text><body><div><p><span>PROVERBS — MUNSTER</span></p>
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<lb n="2"/><p><span>(Mr. P. McCarthy, Clohane Castle.)</span></p>
<lb n="3"/>
<lb n="4"/><p><span>(Continued).</span></p>
<lb n="5"/>
<lb n="6"/><p><span>15.  Is géire súil sa chúil ná dhá shúil sa</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>tsolus.</span></p>
<lb n="8"/>
<lb n="9"/><p><span>Sharper is one eye in the corner than</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>two eyes in the light.</span></p>
<lb n="11"/>
<lb n="12"/><p><span>16.  Is feárr súil le glas ná súil le huaigh.</span></p>
<lb n="13"/>
<lb n="14"/><p><span>Better is hope from the prison than</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>from the grave.</span></p>
<lb n="16"/>
<lb n="17"/><p><span>17.  Cnuasann (or cnuasuigheann) tripioll</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>beart = Many a little makes a mickle</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>(lit., a bunch (of rushes) gathers a</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>bundle, that is, when several of them</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>are put together).</span></p>
<lb n="22"/>
<lb n="23"/><p><span>18.  Is mairg do dheineann deimhin d'á</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>dhóchas.</span></p>
<lb n="25"/>
<lb n="26"/><p><span>Woe to him who makes perfectly sure</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>of hope.</span>
<lb n="28"/></p>
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<div><lb n="29"/><p><span>19.  Is garbh mí 'na gcuach.</span></p>
<lb n="30"/>
<lb n="31"/><p><span>Rough is the month of the cuckoos.</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>(April).</span></p>
<lb n="33"/>
<lb n="34"/><p><span>20.  Is liaigh gach othar.</span></p>
<lb n="35"/>
<lb n="36"/><p><span>(Every disease is a physician.</span></p>
<lb n="37"/>
<lb n="38"/><p><span>21.  Ní lugha an fhroig 'ná máthair an uilc.</span></p>
<lb n="39"/>
<lb n="40"/><p><span>Not smaller is the fleshworm that the</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>mother of evil.</span></p>
<lb n="42"/>
<lb n="43"/><p><span>22.  Fear na bó féin faoi n-a hearball.</span></p>
<lb n="44"/>
<lb n="45"/><p><span>The owner of the cow himself under</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>her tail, that is, in asking others to</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>help us out of our difficulties, our-</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>selves ought to take the hardest part.</span></p>
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