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19 pages. Downloadable pdf.
Gaelic proverbs come primarily from the western Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and they have a distinctly rural or agricultural flavor which reflects the society from which they were gathered. It is to be expected that many of them pertain to the weather, to the planting of crops, and to country life in general. Others reflect the Gaelic love of company and hospitality, fear of poverty and laziness -- always a rural concern -- and a keen awareness of the role of luck or chance in man's life. Here and there is a touch of the cynic, as in the case of in-laws and mates long endured, and certainly there is overall an awareness of the brevity of life and the difficulty in making a good life in the midst of ever-changing farm conditions. The proverbs here are given first in their Gaelic form, with an English translation for each and an explanation when the meaning is not obvious to the modern reader.
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