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<title type="main">Proverbs.  (continued).</title><author><persName>Féach bailitheoir</persName></author><editor><name type="main">Mac Néill, Eoin</name></editor><respStmt>
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		<publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher>
		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>September, 1895</date><idno>IG06-10197</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span><pb n="90"/></span>
<lb n="1"/><span>PROVERBS-(CONTINUED).</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>From D.J. Galvin, Glashkinleen, </span>
<lb n="4"/><span>Newmarket.</span></p>
<lb n="5"/>
<lb n="6"/><p><span>27.  Ní bhíonn ag an leanbh acht mar airi-</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>gheann sé.</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>The child has but as he hears.</span></p>
<lb n="9"/>
<lb n="10"/><p><span>28.  Do bheidheadh mórán ar meisge acht le </span>
<lb n="11"/><span>leisge bheith ag díol as.</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>Many would be drunk, but for loth-</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>ness to pay for it.</span></p>
<lb n="14"/>
<lb n="15"/><p><span>29.  Is minic do bhris teanga dhuine a shrón.</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>One's tongue has often broken his nose.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>30.  Arís chughat, a shean-bhríste, 'nuair do </span>
<lb n="19"/><span>shaoileas bheith sgartha leat.</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>Again to you, old breeches, when I </span>
<lb n="21"/><span>thought to have parted with you.</span></p>
<lb n="22"/>
<lb n="23"/><p><span>31.  Teine bhreágh, a athair, d'fhág mise gan </span>
<lb n="24"/><span>móin.</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>A fine fire, father, that left me without </span>
<lb n="26"/><span>turf.</span></p>
<lb n="27"/>
<lb n="28"/><p><span>32.  Seachain an gleacaidhe milis sleamhain</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>'S an teanga liom leat;</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>Feallfaid ort, má fhaghaid an chaoi</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>Mar is dual gur claon a mbeart.</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>Beware of the sweet, slippery actor</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>And the double-voiced tongue;</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>They will betray you if they get the </span>
<lb n="35"/><span>chance,</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>For their action is naturally corrupt.</span></p>
<lb n="37"/>
<lb n="38"/><p><span>33.  Teannam ort, ars' an bás le Síle.</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>Come along, said Death to Sheila.</span></p>
<lb n="40"/>
<lb n="41"/><p><span>34.  Deireadh sean-loinge bheidheadh dá </span>
<lb n="42"/><span>báthadh, deireadh sean-táilliúra </span>
<lb n="43"/><span>d'éireóchadh as a cheird, deireadh sean-</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>chapaill bháin, deireadh sean-mhaighis-</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>tir sgoile, is olc na críocha iad-san.</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>The end of an old ship that would be</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>drowning, the end of an old tailor</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>who would quit his trade, the end of</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>an old white horse, the end of an old</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>schoolmaster, — bad are these ends.</span></p>
<lb n="51"/>
<lb n="52"/><p><span>35.  Ní fhuil ann acht an dá mar a chéile.</span>
<lb n="53"/><span>Six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.</span></p>
<lb n="54"/>
<lb n="55"/><p><span>36.  Duine gan dinnéir, beirt chum suipéir.</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>One man without dinner, two for</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>supper.</span></p>
<lb n="58"/>
<lb n="59"/><p><span>37.  Tá tabhairt suas mór air.</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>He is highly educated.</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Tá tabhairt suas maith air.</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>He is well educated.</span></p>
<lb n="63"/>
<lb n="64"/><p><span>38.  Is aoibhinn daoibh, a lucht an eolais!</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>(Rádh tnúthach ag fear bocht gan léi-</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>gheann.)</span></p>
<lb n="67"/>
<lb n="68"/><p><span>39.  Beidhir buadhartha go bpósfair, agus an </span>
<lb n="69"/><span>uair sin ní bheidh suaimhneas go deo' </span>
<lb n="70"/><span>agat.</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>You will be uneasy till you are married,</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>and then you will never have peace.</span></p>
<lb n="73"/>
<lb n="74"/><p><span>40.  Do imtheochadh sé ar dhuine nár phós riamh.</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>'Twould happen to a man who never</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>married.</span></p>
<lb n="77"/>
<lb n="78"/><p><span>41.  Go dtigir slán beo!</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>That you may return safe!</span></p>
<lb n="80"/>
<lb n="81"/><p><span>42.  Lá sa' tábhairne agus lá sa' tsúsa,</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>Agus an chuid eile de'n tseachtmhuin ag </span>
<lb n="83"/><span>soláthar chúcha.</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>A day in the tavern and a day in the </span>
<lb n="85"/><span>blanket,</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>And the rst of the week providing for</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>them.</span></p>
<lb n="88"/>
<lb n="89"/><p><span>43.  Cia aca is measa, teasbach dearg nó </span>
<lb n="90"/><span>fír-riachtanas?</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>Which is the worse, unlimited indul-</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>gence or utter want?</span></p>
<lb n="93"/>
<lb n="94"/><p><span>44.  Go dtigir faoi mhaise!</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>That you may return in good trim!</span></p>
<lb n="96"/>
<lb n="97"/><p><span>45.  Is ceart do dhuine bheith 'na thigh féin </span>
<lb n="98"/><span>oidhche chinn bhliadhna.</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>A man should be in his own house on </span>
<lb n="100"/><span>the chief night of the year (Christ-</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>mas).</span></p>
<lb n="102"/>
<lb n="103"/><p><span>46.  Cionnus tá tú?  Dia go deo' linn, ní </span>
<lb n="104"/><span>'lim ar foghnamh na ar feidhm </span>
<lb n="105"/><span>fhoghanta.</span>
<lb n="106"/><span>How are you?  God help us, I am not</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>well nor improving.</span>
<lb n="108"/></p>
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<div><lb n="109"/><p><span>47.  A woman whose husband, son and</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>brother were condemned to death,</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>and who was allowed to choose one</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>of them to be set free, chose as</span>
<lb n="113"/><span>follows:— </span></p>
<lb n="114"/>
<lb n="115"/><p><span>Gheobhaidh mé fear sa'  Mumhain,</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>Gheobhaidh mé mac im chúm,</span>
<lb n="117"/><span>Agus dá bhrígh sin</span>
<lb n="118"/><span>Bheurfad mo dhearbhráthair liúm (liom).</span>
<lb n="119"/></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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