116 COW 



Bo a baile, cha fhrea^air an duine bochd. 



A cow from the farm won't suit the poor man. An Ayrshire 

 cow would be more difficult to keep than a hardy 

 Highland one. 

 Bo a bhuabhaill-thulchainn. 



The cow of the end-stall, or, 

 Am mart a bhios 's a bhuabhaill-thulchainn, is toigh 

 leath' e. 



The cow in the end-stall likes it. Tulchann originally meant 

 gable, end, stem. (See Nicolson.) 

 Bo aonaich. 



A cow fattened for market — one of three things not to be 

 judged by appearance. 

 Bo I'aghaidh laoigh. 



The cow before the calf. Said to one inclined to be forward, 

 and is tantamount to "your mother was born before you." 

 Bo mhaol 'am buaile choimhich. 



A hornless cow in a strange fold. Defenceless. 

 Bo mhaol odhar 's bo odhar mhaol. 



A polled dun cow, and a dun polled cow ; or, a cow that is 



doddled (hornless) and dun ; and a cow that is dun and 



doddled (Nether Lochaber). Six of one and half a dozen 



of the other. 



Bo mhaol odhar ann an dorus an t-sabhail, laogh 'na gobhail, 



's i gun dhol a dhair. 



A polled dun cow, in the door of the barn, her calf between 

 her legs, yet she never was a mother. A lock and key. 

 Bo 'n a h-aon atha gruthain. 



A big cow, all liver — or the cow of the one (recurring) liver. 

 (See Nicolson.) 

 Caillear bo an droch mhuthaich seachd bliadhna roimh 'n 

 mhithich. 

 The cow of the bad herdsman is lost seven years too soon. 

 Caillear bo buachaille. 



A herdsman cow may be lost. 

 Caithidh bo ri bleothann. 



Cows wear with milking. 

 Cha b'ann air . . . bainne chruidh mhialaich a's t-Earrach, a 

 chaidh d'arach 

 It was not on . . . milk of lousy spring cows you were reared. 

 Cha bhi bainn' aig bo fir. 



A man's cow won't yield milk. 

 Cha 'n 'eil ach moran eadar a bho 's a' mheanbh-chuileag. 



The cow is only a good deal bigger than the midge. 

 Cha 'n fhac thu bo de d'chrodh lliein an diugh. 



You saw no cow of your own to-day. Said of one out of humour. 

 Cha 'n fhaodar a bho a reic 's a bainne ol. 

 You can't sell the cow and drink her milk. 



