ù^'^mm^m m rììc^f^ n| 'j^=: \oijOtJy<- \^\ GAELIC PEOVEEBS. A COLLECTION GAELIC PEOVERBS FAMILIAR PHEASES. EASED ON MACINTOSH'S COLLECTION. EDITED BY ALEXANDEE XICOLSOX, M.A, LL.D. ^n sran-fhural git f.iiia fior, (£ha bhriaaaicluar an scan-fhacul. SECOND EDITION—REVISED. EDIXBUEGH: MACLACHLAN AND STEWAET. LOXDOX: SIMPIvIX, MARSHALL, &CO. 188 2. 30 THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMOET OP THE REV. NOEMAN MAC LEOD, D.D. MINISTER OF ST. COLUMBA CHURCH, GLASGOW ; A MAN WORTHY TO BE REMEMBERED WITH AFFECTIONATE VENERATION BY ALL LOVERS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, THEIR PEOPLE, AND THEIR LANGUAGE ; WHOSE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF GAELIC PROVERBS, AND HAPPYUSE OF THEM, GAVE A SPECIAL CHARM TO HIS HIGHLAND DIALOGUES, WHICH IN WISDOM, HUMOUR, TENDERNESS, IN HEIGHT OF AIM, PURENESS OF SPIRIT, AND SIMPLE BEAUTY OF STYLE, HAVE NOT BEEN SURPASSED IN THE LITERATURE OF ANY COUNTRY.