84 CAT 



Is olo a bin slaodadh cait air earhall. 



It's ill to {lra«r a cat by the tail. 

 Is troin an cat ri sior «^hiulaii. 



The cat is heavy if carried consbuitly. As children try to do. 

 Ithidh na cait fuigheal nan caolan. 



The cats will eat the refuse of small guts. 

 Latha Fheill-Bhriglide bAine, bheir na cait an connadh 

 dhachaidh. 



On fair St Bride's (or St Bridget's) day, the cats will bring 

 home the brushwood. (See note by Nicolson.) 

 Lethsgeul aran gu glacadh cait. 



The excuse of bread (or food) to catch a cat. See Is fearr 

 feoil cait, etc. 

 Mar chat gu luch tha bean mic gu 'raathair-cheile. 



Like cat to mouse, the son's wife is to her mother-in-law. 

 Miann a chait 's an traigh *s cha toir e fhein aisd' e. 



The cat's desire is on the shore, and she won't (or can't) 

 go for it. Fish. (Not always.) 

 Na cuir a chat dh'iarraidh blonag. 



Send not the cat for suet. 

 Na'm biodh cugainn aig a chat 's trie a rachadh e ga fheuchaftin. 



If the cat had standing milk, often would he go to try it. 

 'Nuair a dh'fhagas na cait am baile, bidh na luchan a' damhsa 

 (rince). 



When the cats leave the place the mice dance. 



Seachd bliadhna saoghal a chait. 

 Sin gu h-eibhinn agus ait ; 

 Seach sin cadal agus tur-chadal. 



Seven years lives the cat 



Joyfully and cheerfully. 



All the rest is sleep, sound sleep. 



Siubhal a chait a chaidh do'n eas dhuit. 



The way of the cat that went to the waterfall to you. 

 Suil a chait air sioman. 



A cat's gaze at a straw rope ; not worth the trouble. 

 Tha 'n cat 's an luath, thig frasan fuar. 



The cat's in the ashes, it's going to rain, (lit.) cold showers 

 will come. The coincidence is frequently noted. 

 Tha sin sgriobht' 'am bathais a chait. 



That's written on (or in) the cat's forehead. The self- 

 evident. 

 Thachair an cat riut air barr na stairsich. 



You met the cat on the threshold. Unlucky. 

 Tigh gun chat, tigh gun ghean gun ghaire. 



A house without a cat, a house without cheerfulness or 

 laughter. 



