132 DEER— DOG 



Ge be fear a's luaithe lamh is Icis am fiadh. 



He that is of tlie quickest hand will get the deer. 

 Geir feidh a inuigh 's a stigh, mar leighis sin thu cha 'n 'eil 

 do leighis ami. 



The fat of stags (applied) externally and internally, if that 

 cure you not, your cure is not to be. 

 Is ard ceann an flieidh 's a' chreachann. 



High is the stag's head on the mountain crags. 

 Is fhearr aon fliiadh 's a Mhona' Hath na dha dheug an Gaig. 

 One deer from the Monaleea is better than twelve from 

 Gaig. 

 Is leoir luathas na h-earba gun na coin a chuir rithe. 



The roe is swift enough without setting the dogs at her. (See 

 " Cha deic," etc.) 

 Is luaithe 'mang na 'mathair. 



The fawn is swifter than its mother. 

 Is mairg do 'n sguaban-stothaidh bo-mhaol odhar Mhic-Ghill- 

 Eoinidh. 



Pity him whose resource is MacGillony's hornless dun cow. 

 The wild mountain doe. (See Nicolson.) 

 Mar eilid ag iarraidh a h-annsachd. 



Asa hind seeking her love. Sean Dana. 

 Mar is sine 'm boc is ann is cruaidhe 'n adharc. 



The older the buck, the harder his horn. 

 Na feann am fiadh gus am faigh thu e. 



Don't skin the deer till you get it. Never anticipate need- 

 lessly or rashly. 

 Tachraidh d'fhiadh fhein riut. 



Your own deer will come in your way. Bide your chance. 

 Talaidhidh am luadh fiadh na beinne. (See " Catachaidh," etc.) 



Food will entice the mountain deer. 

 Tha fuil feidh ort, 's cha tu fhein a mharbh e. 



There is deer blood on you and you did not kill it yourself. 

 A reflection on a man's prowess. 

 Tri aois duine aois feidh, tri aois feidh aois craoibh dharaich, 

 or, tri aois feidh aois firein, etc. 



Three ages of man, age of deer, three ages of deer, age of 

 oak tree or eagle, etc. 



DOG. — Abhac, abhach, abhag (terrier), airsear or arsair (bark- 

 ing or snapping), alach (litter), amhach, arrchogaid (hunting hound), 

 archoicid (staghound, Ir.), aonchu, archu (fierce), aschu (water) ; 

 Balgair, brach, brech (wild), bus-dubh (bye-name) ; Can, cana, 

 canna (puppy), ci, cich (greyhound), ci-cingeach (leader), ciocrach 

 (greedy), ciubh, coibhearan, colg-chu, conaire (pack), crann-chu 

 (lap-dog), cu (cuan, a pack of hounds), cu dubh Eadailteach (a 

 sleuth-hound), cu-eunaich or eunaidh (spaniel, pointer), cu-feoladair 

 (bulldog, mastin), cu-fionn or fionna, cu-gortach (greyhound), cu- 



