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		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>April, 1895</date><idno>IG06-10159</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>PROVERBS : MUNSTER</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<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>23.  Is dall súil i gcúil dhuine eile.</span></p>
<lb n="7"/>
<lb n="8"/><p><span>Blind is an eye in another's heap, that</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>is, we are generous with what is not</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>our own.</span></p>
<lb n="11"/>
<lb n="12"/><p><span>24.  Ní fíor cad do bheireann an té bhíos </span>
<lb n="13"/><span>amuigh.</span></p>
<lb n="14"/>
<lb n="15"/><p><span>Not true what befalls him who is out;</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>that is, he gives plenty of excuses for</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>his being out so late, half of which</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>are not true.</span></p>
<lb n="19"/>
<lb n="20"/><p><span>25.  Tosach na dighe do'n éigcialluidhe</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>Agus a deireadh do'n té iarr í.</span></p>
<lb n="22"/>
<lb n="23"/><p><span>The first of the drink to the foolish,</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>Its last to him who asked it.</span></p>
<lb n="25"/>
<lb n="26"/><p><span>26.  Ní fachtar (= faghthar) bainne beirbhthe</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>gan earball fliuch.</span></p>
<lb n="28"/>
<lb n="29"/><p><span>One doesn't get boiled milk without a</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>wet tail (= There are no gains with-</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>out pains.)</span></p>
<lb n="32"/>
<lb n="33"/><p><span>27.  Adharc bó nó tón capaill.</span></p>
<lb n="34"/>
<lb n="35"/><p><span>A cow's horn, or a horse's hinder </span>
<lb n="36"/><span>part.</span>
<lb n="37"/></p>
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<div><lb n="38"/><p><span>28.  Ní i gcómhnuidhe thagann trom-chraobh</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>ó'n bhfairrge.</span></p>
<lb n="40"/>
<lb n="41"/><p><span>It is seldom a heavy branch is cast up</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>by the sea.  (Don't let a good</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>opportunity slip.)</span></p>
<lb n="44"/>
<lb n="45"/><p><span>29.  Cuid na caidhne-seo san gcadhain eile.</span></p>
<lb n="46"/>
<lb n="47"/><p><span>For difficulties have contivances</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>ready.  (Cadhain, a measure con-</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>taining a little above a glass.)</span></p>
<lb n="50"/>
<lb n="51"/><p><span>30.  Órdughadh an mháighistir bíonn sé láidir.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>Let a servant be careful how he dictates</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>to his master.</span></p>
<lb n="55"/>
<lb n="56"/><p><span>31.  Feoil do thabhairt do leanbh, feoil do</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>bhaint do leanbh.</span></p>
<lb n="58"/>
<lb n="59"/><p><span>To give meat to a child (is the same</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>as) to take it from him.  (What a </span>
<lb n="61"/><span>child once tastes he must get again.)</span></p>
<lb n="62"/>
<lb n="63"/><p><span>32.  Gach nídh ar deisiol acht an tseisreach</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>ar dtuathal.</span></p>
<lb n="65"/>
<lb n="66"/><p><span>All things (ought to go) sunwise, ex-</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>cept the yoke of horses for plough-</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>ing.</span></p>
<lb n="69"/>
<lb n="70"/><p><span>33.  Muna bhfaghair othar, déin othar.</span></p>
<lb n="71"/>
<lb n="72"/><p><span>If you don't inherit disease, make it</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>for yourself, (by dissipation &c.</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>That is, few value health at its true</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>worth.)</span></p>
<lb n="76"/>
<lb n="77"/><p><span>34.  Ní fhuil coill gan a losgadh críon.</span></p>
<lb n="78"/>
<lb n="79"/><p><span>There is no wood without its burning</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>of withered (sticks) (i.e., as much as</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>would burn it all.)</span></p>
<lb n="82"/>
<lb n="83"/><p><span>35.  Seanbhean chríona an dranntáin, ní</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>stadann choidhche acht ag camhráil.</span></p>
<lb n="85"/>
<lb n="86"/><p><span>The querulous old woman never stops</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>(but) contending.</span>
<lb n="88"/></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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