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<text><body><div><p><span>SEANFHOCAL — XVI.</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>Ó CHUILINN UÍ CHAOIMH.</span></p>
<lb n="3"/>
<lb n="4"/><p><span>183. Tuiteann an tÉireannach 'n-a chod-</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>ladh leis an ocras, agus goileann an</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>Sasanach.</span></p>
<lb n="7"/>
<lb n="8"/><p><span>184. Neart do ritheann agus mire do</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>léimeann.</span></p>
<lb n="10"/>
<lb n="11"/><p><span>185. Faolchoin géara nuair ná tathuighid</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>fiadhach</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>Caonach le héigean go mbeathuigh-</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>eann iad.</span></p>
<lb n="15"/>
<lb n="16"/><p><span>186. Tagann casadh ar an obair.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>187. Is mairg a mhairfeadh le hearrach</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>an deigh-gheimhridh,</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>Dhá dtrian oibre gothaí.</span></p>
<lb n="21"/>
<lb n="22"/><p><span>188. Ba scoirn le Mac Cártha ciall bheith</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>aige gan bodach de mhuinntir Shúileabháin</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>bheith hiomchar i n-aoinfheacht leis.</span></p>
<lb n="25"/>
<lb n="26"/><p><span>190. Lomadh an Luain nó scrios na</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>hAoine, ní fhuil aon rath ortha.</span></p>
<lb n="28"/>
<lb n="29"/><p><span>191. I ndeireadh gach scéil a bhíonn a</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>bhrígh.</span></p>
<lb n="31"/>
<lb n="32"/><p><span>192. Níor cailleadh riamh fear na céad</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>coda, ní mó 'ná fuair sé a dhóthain.</span>
<lb n="34"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="231"/>
<div><lb n="35"/><p><span>193. Chomh glic leis an madadh ruadh,</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>Chomh sleamhain leis an eascú,</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>Chomh milis le siúcra.</span></p>
<lb n="38"/>
<lb n="39"/><p><span>194. Pé duine ólfaidh é, 'sé Domhnall a</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>dhíolfaidh as.</span></p>
<lb n="41"/>
<lb n="42"/><p><span>195. An t-ualach is mó ar an gcapall is</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>míne.</span></p>
<lb n="44"/>
<lb n="45"/><p><span>196. Imthigheann an tuirse agus fanann</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>an tairbhe.</span></p>
<lb n="47"/>
<lb n="48"/><p><span>197. Má's fada an lá tig an oidhche,</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>Má's fada an oidhche tigh an geimh-</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>readh,</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>Má's fada an greann tig an mí-</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>ghreann.</span></p>
<lb n="53"/>
<lb n="54"/><p><span>198. Is fearr lán duirn d'fhear ná lán</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>gaid de mhnaoi.</span></p>
<lb n="56"/>
<lb n="57"/><p><span>199. Tosach coille nó deireadh féithe.</span></p>
<lb n="58"/>
<lb n="59"/><p><span>200. Meanaithidhe reamhra, iall chaol,</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>gréasuidhe caoch agus leathar lobhtha.</span></p>
<lb n="61"/>
<lb n="62"/><p><span>201. Ding den leamhán a scoiltheann é</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>féin.</span></p>
<lb n="64"/>
<lb n="65"/><p><span>202. Gach aon rud i n-a n-uadh féin.</span></p>
<lb n="66"/>
<lb n="67"/><p><span>203. An iomarca chainnte ag neach ar bith</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>a bheir neamh-chion ar a chéill.</span></p>
<lb n="69"/>
<lb n="70"/><p><span>204. Mar a chéile dhaoibh 'ndubhart an</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>gabhar le n-a chosaibh.</span></p>
<lb n="72"/>
<lb n="73"/><p><span>205. Níor bh'fhearra do dhuine bheith ró-</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>dheas ná bheith 'n-a chleasuidhe margaidh.</span></p>
<lb n="75"/>
<lb n="76"/><p><span>206. Ní call móna i bProthus é.</span></p>
<lb n="77"/>
<lb n="78"/><p><span>207. Mara mbeidhir i mbaile an bhídh bí</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>sa bhaile le n-a thaoibh.</span></p>
<lb n="80"/>
<lb n="81"/><p><span>208. Gheobhfar thíos é mara b'ionann as</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>bainne na gamhnaighe.</span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>209. Ní bhíonn tréan buan agus ní sheas-</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>uigheann rith maith do neach i gcomhnuidhe.</span></p>
<lb n="86"/>
<lb n="87"/><p><span>210. Is fuirist' breith ar fhéasóig an</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>leomhain nuair a bhíonn sé marbh.</span></p>
<lb n="89"/>
<lb n="90"/><p><span>211. Is é an báille an fárdorus.</span></p>
<lb n="91"/>
<lb n="92"/><p><span>212. Tá sé d'fhaid ar a' lá go n-íosadh</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>mná min.</span></p>
<lb n="94"/>
<lb n="95"/><p><span>213. An fear láidir nuair is maith leis é</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>agus an fear lag nuair fhéadann sé é.</span></p>
<lb n="97"/>
<lb n="98"/><p><span>214. Buaidheann an síor-thathant cian</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>radharcach.</span></p>
<lb n="100"/>
<lb n="101"/><p><span>215. An tAibreán bog braonach do</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>chuirfeadh brígh i gcluais na seana-chaorach.</span></p>
<lb n="103"/>
<lb n="104"/><p><span>216. Dá dtagadh Bealthaine méith-fhliuch,</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>ní chásóchainn mo cheasna le h-aoinne.</span></p>
<lb n="106"/>
<lb n="107"/><p><span>217. Is gnáthach ceathanna sneachtaidh i</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>mBealthaine</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>Agus cailligh ar leabaidh a' srann-</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>tarnaigh</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>Agus mairbh a tarrac ar theampoll-</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>aibh.</span></p>
<lb n="113"/>
<lb n="114"/><p><span>218. Lá buidhe Bealthaine na mbuachaillí</span>
<lb n="115"/><span>Agus lá buidhe Bealthaine Domhnach</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>na h-eadarthuighe.</span></p>
<lb n="117"/>
<lb n="118"/><p><span>219. Díogha gach dighe an meadhg má's</span>
<lb n="119"/><span>sean,</span>
<lb n="120"/><span>Agus díogha gach nídh an chárthainn</span>
<lb n="121"/><span>ghlas,</span>
<lb n="122"/><span>Agus a ndíogha go léir droch-bhean.</span></p>
<lb n="123"/>
<lb n="124"/><p><span>220. Is é an t-ochón é agus an greim</span>
<lb n="125"/><span>mór.</span></p>
<lb n="126"/>
<lb n="127"/><p><span>221. Is mór an nídh é crathadh na h-ithreach.</span></p>
<lb n="128"/>
<lb n="129"/><p><span>222. Is mó rud a chuimhnigheann an t-é a</span>
<lb n="130"/><span>bhíonn díomhaoin agus neamh-chodladh air.</span></p>
<lb n="131"/>
<lb n="132"/><p><span>223. Nuair is cruaidh le duine a bhróg,</span>
<lb n="133"/><span>is cumhang leis an saoghal.</span></p>
<lb n="134"/>
<lb n="135"/><p><span>224. Ól an deoch 's is beag an díth dhuit é,</span>
<lb n="136"/><span>As gur chuir an deoch so tart ar</span>
<lb n="137"/><span>dhaoinibh aréir.</span></p>
<lb n="138"/>
<lb n="139"/><p><span>225. Bidheann deithneas ar gach aoinne</span>
<lb n="140"/><span>ag dul a bhaile.</span></p>
<lb n="141"/>
<lb n="142"/><p><span>226. Lá sa tábhairne agus lá sa tsúsa</span>
<lb n="143"/><span>Agus an chuid eile den tseachtmhain</span>
<lb n="144"/><span>a' bailiughadh chúcha.</span></p>
<lb n="145"/>
<lb n="146"/><p><span>227. Seacht an mádh agus bíonn sé</span>
<lb n="147"/><span>ádhmharach.</span></p>
<lb n="148"/>
<lb n="149"/><p><span>228. Gach cártaí go muileat.</span>
<lb n="150"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="232"/>
<div><lb n="151"/><p><span>229. Is mairg a n-imireochaidh a mháthair</span>
<lb n="152"/><span>ortha.</span></p>
<lb n="153"/>
<lb n="154"/><p><span>230. Téidheann an mianfuidheach ó bhéal</span>
<lb n="155"/><span>go béal.</span></p>
<lb n="156"/>
<lb n="157"/><p><span>231. Ciúiniughadh na hoidhche buanughadh na</span>
<lb n="158"/><span>síne.</span></p>
<lb n="159"/>
<lb n="160"/><p><span>232. Tá trí saghas ban ann — bean chomh</span>
<lb n="161"/><span>mí-náireach leis an muic, bean chomh cros-</span>
<lb n="162"/><span>táltha leis an gcirc & bean chomh mín leis</span>
<lb n="163"/><span>an uan.</span></p>
<lb n="164"/>
<lb n="165"/><p><span>233. Tá trí saghas fear ann — fear graftha,</span>
<lb n="166"/><span>fear fiadhaigh & fear gaoithe.</span></p>
<lb n="167"/>
<lb n="168"/><p><span>234. An saoghal go léir ag lorg céirde</span>
<lb n="169"/><span>agus ní rachainn tar díomhaointeas.</span></p>
<lb n="170"/>
<lb n="171"/><p><span>235. Bí choidhche a' faire agus gheobhair</span>
<lb n="172"/><span>uair na faille.</span></p>
<lb n="173"/>
<lb n="174"/><p><span>236. Galar fada ní abrann síoruidhe</span>
<lb n="175"/><span>bréag.</span></p>
<lb n="176"/>
<lb n="177"/><p><span>237. Ní cortha riamh fear bróige agus</span>
<lb n="178"/><span>leath-stoca.</span></p>
<lb n="179"/>
<lb n="180"/><p><span>238. Airgead, nó an bhairlín ón dtóin</span>
<lb n="181"/><span>agat.</span></p>
<lb n="182"/>
<lb n="183"/><p><span>239. Ní fearra dhuit cáthadh it</span>
<lb n="184"/><span>mhála agat ná min.</span></p>
<lb n="185"/>
<lb n="186"/><p><span>240. Gach síon go Nodlaig, acht ní thagann</span>
<lb n="187"/><span>fuacht go Lá Fhéile Brighde.</span></p>
<lb n="188"/>
<lb n="189"/><p><span>241. Níor theip an tuathal riamh ar aonne</span>
<lb n="190"/><span>acht an té nár dhein é.</span></p>
<lb n="191"/>
<lb n="192"/><p><span>242. An té ná cuirfidh ní bhaineann sé</span>
<lb n="193"/><span>aon rud.</span></p>
<lb n="194"/>
<lb n="195"/><p><span>243. Beidh tú ar do thúirín teamhrach.</span></p>
<lb n="196"/>
<lb n="197"/><p><span>244. Bí bagarthach agus ná bí buailtheach.</span></p>
<lb n="198"/>
<lb n="199"/><p><span>245. Dul a chodladh leis an uan agus</span>
<lb n="200"/><span>éirghe leis an riabhóig.</span></p>
<lb n="201"/>
<lb n="202"/><p><span>246. Ba mheasa dhuit aon nóimit amháin i</span>
<lb n="203"/><span>dtosach dinnéir ná uair a chluig i dtosach</span>
<lb n="204"/><span>bruighne.</span></p>
<lb n="205"/>
<lb n="206"/><p><span>247. Tuata tuigsionnach is buadhartha</span>
<lb n="207"/><span>beatha dhó.</span></p>
<lb n="208"/>
<lb n="209"/><p><span>248. Ná bí abhfus agus bheith thall,</span>
<lb n="210"/><span>Ná bí thall as bheith abhfus;</span>
<lb n="211"/><span>Mar má bhíonn tú abhfus as bheith thall,</span>
<lb n="212"/><span>Ní bheidh tú thall ná abhfus.</span></p>
<lb n="213"/>
<lb n="214"/><p><span>249. Tadhg an dá thaobh.</span></p>
<lb n="215"/>
<lb n="216"/><p><span>250. Rith madra idir an dá cháis.</span></p>
<lb n="217"/>
<lb n="218"/><p><span>251. Tugann an aimsir cómhar dá chéile.</span></p>
<lb n="219"/>
<lb n="220"/><p><span>252. Is maith é an cómhar do'n t-é</span>
<lb n="221"/><span>gheobhadh a thosach.</span></p>
<lb n="222"/>
<lb n="223"/><p><span>253. Dá mbeidheadh ba ag an gcat is</span>
<lb n="224"/><span>maith do pósfaidhe é,</span>
<lb n="225"/><span>Is an cat ná beidh is fada seol-</span>
<lb n="226"/><span>faidhe é,</span>
<lb n="227"/><span>Inghean na caillighe bradaighe pósta</span>
<lb n="228"/><span>ó 'réir</span>
<lb n="229"/><span>'S an cailín deas ní fios cá ngeobh-</span>
<lb n="230"/><span>far léi.</span></p>
<lb n="231"/>
<lb n="232"/><p><span>254. Béarfaid a gceann slán ón Inid</span>
<lb n="233"/><span>leo.</span></p>
<lb n="234"/>
<lb n="235"/><p><span>255. Oscailigheann Dia béal na huaighe</span>
<lb n="236"/><span>chum naoidhe na truaighe leogaint isteach.</span></p>
<lb n="237"/>
<lb n="238"/><p><span>256. Mar a chéile é den ghé an t-earball.</span></p>
<lb n="239"/>
<lb n="240"/><p><span>257. Ní buan sneachta ar chraoibh ó Lá</span>
<lb n="241"/><span>Fhéile Bríghde amach.</span></p>
<lb n="242"/>
<lb n="243"/><p><span>258. Ní cheannuigheann aoinne an suaimh-</span>
<lb n="244"/><span>neas acht an té ná faghann é.</span></p>
<lb n="245"/>
<lb n="246"/><p><span>259. Lá idir dhá shín.</span></p>
<lb n="247"/>
<lb n="248"/><p><span>260. Domhnach Cásga is mor an náire</span>
<lb n="249"/><span>bheith gan feoil,</span>
<lb n="250"/><span>Aoine an chéasta is mór an céasadh</span>
<lb n="251"/><span>bainne d'ól,</span>
<lb n="252"/><span>Céadaoin an Luaithrigh go mbain-</span>
<lb n="253"/><span>tear na cluasa den té íosaidh</span>
<lb n="254"/><span>feoil.</span></p>
<lb n="255"/>
<lb n="256"/><p><span>261. Ceann cíortha dhíolann cosa.</span></p>
<lb n="257"/>
<lb n="258"/><p><span>262. Ólann sé féin a chéile.</span></p>
<lb n="259"/>
<lb n="260"/><p><span>263. Do dhíolfadh amadán agus ní cheann-</span>
<lb n="261"/><span>óchadh ughdar.</span></p>
<lb n="262"/>
<lb n="263"/><p><span>264. Bean nó muc ist oidhche.</span></p>
<lb n="264"/>
<lb n="265"/><p><span>265. Is dána bean ná muc agus is</span>
<lb n="266"/><span>dána muc ná an diabhal.</span></p>
<lb n="267"/>
<lb n="268"/><p><span>266. Is é theacht an tseagail agat é,</span>
<lb n="269"/><span>Is é an mhoill ar dhá dheabhadh é.</span></p>
</div>
<pb n="233"/>
<div><lb n="270"/><p><span>267. Nígheachán riabhach an tSatharainn</span>
<lb n="271"/><span>beidh sé geal Dia Domhnaigh.</span></p>
<lb n="272"/>
<lb n="273"/><p><span>268. Crúidhtear bó an tsneachtaidh agus</span>
<lb n="274"/><span>suaidhtear bó an tseaca.</span></p>
<lb n="275"/>
<lb n="276"/><p><span>269. Deireadh fir a shuan agus bean á</span>
<lb n="277"/><span>faire féin suas.</span></p>
<lb n="278"/>
<lb n="279"/><p><span>270. Ní bheireann an gruth ar an meadhg</span>
<lb n="280"/><span>aige.</span></p>
<lb n="281"/>
<lb n="282"/><p><span>271. Bidheann an gamhain ithte agus é í</span>
<lb n="283"/><span>mbolg na bó.</span></p>
<lb n="284"/>
<lb n="285"/><p><span>272. Ní hé an sclábhuidhe is fearr is mó</span>
<lb n="286"/><span>rath.</span></p>
<lb n="287"/>
<lb n="288"/><p><span>273. Ní raibh rath riamh ar dhuine go dti</span>
<lb n="289"/><span>go mbeidheadh an obair agus an scéal ag</span>
<lb n="290"/><span>leathadh air.</span></p>
<lb n="291"/>
<lb n="292"/><p><span>274. Is maith an reathaidhe an t-iomaire</span>
<lb n="293"/><span>tanaidhe.</span></p>
<lb n="294"/>
<lb n="295"/><p><span>Den ghlóire an ghlaine.</span></p>
<lb n="296"/>
<lb n="297"/><p><span>275. Laetheannta na riabhaiche, lae-</span>
<lb n="298"/><span>theannta na rógáidí agus scairbh-shíon na</span>
<lb n="299"/><span>gcuach.</span></p>
<lb n="300"/>
<lb n="301"/><p><span>276. Is uasal gach fear ar muir.</span></p>
<lb n="302"/>
<lb n="303"/><p><span>277. Is mairg d'aoinne do dheineann</span>
<lb n="304"/><span>sméide ar chrann ró-árd,</span>
<lb n="305"/><span>Faid do gheobhadh sé géigín íseal do</span>
<lb n="306"/><span>shroisfeadh a lámh,</span>
<lb n="307"/><span>Dá aoird' é crann caorthainn</span>
<lb n="308"/><span>bidheann searbhus n-a bhárr,</span>
<lb n="309"/><span>Is go bhfásann sméara 'gus súbh</span>
<lb n="310"/><span>chraobh ar an gcrann is ísle bláth.</span></p>
<lb n="311"/>
<lb n="312"/><p><span>Gluais.</span></p>
<lb n="313"/>
<lb n="314"/><p><span>127. Cearc na n-éan, the hen hatching and rearing</span>
<lb n="315"/><span>a brood.  The proverb means that she does not eat</span>
<lb n="316"/><span>enough in her efforts to provide food for the young</span>
<lb n="317"/><span>birds.  It is used in reference to any mother.</span></p>
<lb n="318"/>
<lb n="319"/><p><span>129. Searraidh is adj., from searradh, a stretching,</span>
<lb n="320"/><span>i.e., every morning has a black or bitterly cold</span>
<lb n="321"/><span>appearance, but the days are stretching, or lengthen-</span>
<lb n="322"/><span>ing and improving, afterwards.</span></p>
<lb n="323"/>
<lb n="324"/><p><span>130. A poor man must be out in wet and cold, and</span>
<lb n="325"/><span>has not any protection from the inclemency of the</span>
<lb n="326"/><span>weather, but the rich man (fear an sé & an seacht)</span>
<lb n="327"/><span>has servants or he has overcoats, &c., so that he does</span>
<lb n="328"/><span>not suffer from wet or cold.</span></p>
<lb n="329"/>
<lb n="330"/><p><span>137. Is fearr cóir 'ná dá gcuirimís dlighe =</span>
<lb n="331"/><span>justice and honesty are better than going to law.</span></p>
<lb n="332"/>
<lb n="333"/><p><span>138. Ní bhíonn siad buan.</span></p>
<lb n="334"/>
<lb n="335"/><p><span>140. Níor bh'fhearr riamh iad ná deoch.  This is a</span>
<lb n="336"/><span>cómhrádh dighe, a saying of a son of Baccus that no</span>
<lb n="337"/><span>joys excel those of the cup.</span></p>
<lb n="338"/>
<lb n="339"/><p><span>141 = Ní féidir d'éinne rud a dhéanamh ar dhá</span>
<lb n="340"/><span>mháighistir.</span></p>
<lb n="341"/>
<lb n="342"/><p><span>144. Saor sár-bhualach = a workman working too</span>
<lb n="343"/><span>energetically, and therefore easily or soon exhausted.</span></p>
<lb n="344"/>
<lb n="345"/><p><span>146. Dia = Duine mór; an dá aspal déag =</span>
<lb n="346"/><span>his confidential servants.  The meaning is that it</span>
<lb n="347"/><span>is as effectual for the gaining of a fight to have the</span>
<lb n="348"/><span>confidential servants of a great man pleased with you</span>
<lb n="349"/><span>as the great man.</span></p>
<lb n="350"/>
<lb n="351"/><p><span>148. Fala feidín = a mud wall.  I can't find a</span>
<lb n="352"/><span>satisfactory explanation of feidín, but one authority</span>
<lb n="353"/><span>= feadh dín, and is derived from it.  The proverb</span>
<lb n="354"/><span>means that a mud wall lasts as long as its covering of</span>
<lb n="355"/><span>thatch, or as long as it is kept covered with thatch.</span></p>
<lb n="356"/>
<lb n="357"/><p><span>151. This seems to refer to a time when pipers were</span>
<lb n="358"/><span>respected and had an attendant.  Dailtín = puppy.</span></p>
<lb n="359"/>
<lb n="360"/><p><span>154. This should be Is fuar gach fliuchair (fliuchra)</span>
<lb n="361"/><span>acht deineann gach moch a gnó = all moisture is cold,</span>
<lb n="362"/><span>but the early bird catches the worm.</span></p>
<lb n="363"/>
<lb n="364"/><p><span>155. = An t-é d'ísleochaidh é féin ardóchar é.</span></p>
<lb n="365"/>
<lb n="366"/><p><span>160. = Déanann seilbh sásamh.</span>
<lb n="367"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="234"/>
<div><lb n="368"/><p><span>163. Ní thig cogar gan focal nó dhó i n-á chrích =</span>
<lb n="369"/><span>a word or two is spoken aloud in the end of whisper</span>
<lb n="370"/><span>by which listeners may gather its import.</span></p>
<lb n="371"/>
<lb n="372"/><p><span>164. Cú thruagh = a famished hound, one not properly</span>
<lb n="373"/><span>fed.</span></p>
<lb n="374"/>
<lb n="375"/><p><span>174. Frigheadóir, one who picks fleshworms, an un-</span>
<lb n="376"/><span>usual calling for a man; and raégheadóir, one who</span>
<lb n="377"/><span>judges the weather from the appearance of the moon,</span>
<lb n="378"/><span>an unusual thing for a woman.  The proverb is used in</span>
<lb n="379"/><span>the same sense as “a crowing hen or a whistling</span>
<lb n="380"/><span>woman.”</span></p>
<lb n="381"/>
<lb n="382"/><p><span>176. Athghamhna = a cow not in calf for two years in</span>
<lb n="383"/><span>succession, a two years' stripper.  Gráineach, ground</span>
<lb n="384"/><span>corn of the first grinding; athghráineach, the large</span>
<lb n="385"/><span>grains of the first grinding reground, the fine meal</span>
<lb n="386"/><span>being set aside.  Raitheacha = rightheacha, the thighs or</span>
<lb n="387"/><span>quarters — the “round” in a cow from which steaks</span>
<lb n="388"/><span>are cut.  The meaning of the saying is that these are</span>
<lb n="389"/><span>the best or most substantial foods.</span></p>
<lb n="390"/>
<lb n="391"/><p><span>185. = No. 35 of this collection — nuair is cruaidh</span>
<lb n="392"/><span>do sna mactíribh, &c.</span></p>
<lb n="393"/>
<lb n="394"/><p><span>187. If the winter is fine and soft the spring follow-</span>
<lb n="395"/><span>ing is inclement.  Another saying bearing on this —</span>
<lb n="396"/><span>Nodlaig Glas, reilig méith, = soft  wet weather at</span>
<lb n="397"/><span>Christmas, the country looking green, causes disease</span>
<lb n="398"/><span>and many deaths.</span></p>
<lb n="399"/>
<lb n="400"/><p><span>190. Lomadh = scrios = bearradh.</span></p>
<lb n="401"/>
<lb n="402"/><p><span>201. Leamhán, elm.  “Set a thief to catch a thief.”</span></p>
<lb n="403"/>
<lb n="404"/><p><span>202. Uadh = time, season.</span></p>
<lb n="405"/>
<lb n="406"/><p><span>205. Cleasuidhe margaidh, the fun of the market</span>
<lb n="407"/><span>said of a homely-looking person.  It is as well to be</span>
<lb n="408"/><span>homely or plain-looking as too beautiful.</span></p>
<lb n="409"/>
<lb n="410"/><p><span>211. Refers to a tradesman who does not give</span>
<lb n="411"/><span>credit.  The fárdorus collects for him.</span></p>
<lb n="412"/>
<lb n="413"/><p><span>221. Crothadh na h-ithreach = turning up the soil,</span>
<lb n="414"/><span>Cultivation is advantageous.</span></p>
<lb n="415"/>
<lb n="416"/><p><span>227. Hart an mádh & bíonn sé ádhmharach or hart an</span>
<lb n="417"/><span>mádh is maith an drá an spéarthaid.  When hearts</span>
<lb n="418"/><span>are trumps spades are useful in the “draw.”</span></p>
<lb n="419"/>
<lb n="420"/><p><span>233. Fear graftha, a man whose pleasure is work</span>
<lb n="421"/><span>or having a capacity for hard work.  Fear fiadhaigh,</span>
<lb n="422"/><span>one given to amusement.  Fear gaoithe, a boaster.</span></p>
<lb n="423"/>
<lb n="424"/><p><span>236. Sé sin, nuair atá duine ag trácht tar an nídh-</span>
<lb n="425"/><span>céadna i gcomhnuidhe go dtiocfaidh fírinneach sa</span>
<lb n="426"/><span>deireadh.</span></p>
<lb n="427"/>
<lb n="428"/><p><span>243. = Beidh tu ar mhuin na muice, ar do thoil féin.</span>
<lb n="429"/><span>Túirín Seabhrach (?)</span></p>
<lb n="430"/>
<lb n="431"/><p><span>250. Cáis seems to be a form of cás, a sad plight,</span>
<lb n="432"/><span>strait.  Go mbíonn madra go minic ag rith idir dhá</span>
<lb n="433"/><span>thigh a d'iarraidh a dhinnéir agus ní bhfaghann sé i n-aon</span>
<lb n="434"/><span>áit aca é.  Nos. 248, 249, 250 have the same force as</span>
<lb n="435"/><span>ní féidir leis an ngobadán an dá thráigh do fhreastal.</span>
<lb n="436"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="235"/>
<div><lb n="437"/><p><span>262.= An té is mó ólann is é is mó dúil ann.</span></p>
<lb n="438"/>
<lb n="439"/><p><span>275. Laetheannta na rógáidí or rogáidí, rogation</span>
<lb n="440"/><span>days.</span></p>
<lb n="441"/>
<lb n="442"/><p>
<lb n="443"/><span>Seaghán Ua Cadhlaigh.</span></p>
<lb n="444"/>
<lb n="445"/><p><span>Do brughadh amach an mhí seo Tagra aistí Piaruis</span>
<lb n="446"/><span>Béaslaoi is "Sceilg".  Bítar ag súil leó an mhí seo</span>
<lb n="447"/><span>chughainn.</span></p>
<lb n="448"/>
<lb n="449"/><p><span>Druí og iar dtiachtain isind Locc Socuir!  Deich</span>
<lb n="450"/><span>gcéd míle bendacht, a Sceilcc nanscél!!</span>
<lb n="451"/></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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