DOG 153 



Far am bi cairbhean cruiimichidh coin. 



Where carcasses are (or carrion is) dogs will gather. 

 Far nach bi na coin cha leigear iad. 



Where dogs are not they can't be started. 

 Fhad's a bhios cu cam . . . 'n Eirinn. 



So long as there is a one-eyed dog ... in Ireland. 

 Ge be a's luaith lamh 's leis an gadhar ban. 



He that is of the quickest hand will get the white hound, or. 

 Am fear a's treasa lamh gheabh. 



He that has the strongest, etc., or. 

 An te is luaithe lamh biodh aice, etc. 



She that is of the quickest, etc. (Ir.) 

 Ge be nach beathaich na coin, cha bhi iad aige latha na seilge. 

 He that does not feed his dogs won't have them on the 

 hunting day (or day of the hunt). 

 Ged tha mi 'n diugh 'am chu-baile bha mi roimh 'am chu 

 mointich. 



Though to-day I'm a farm-dog, I was once a moor-dog. 

 Ged theirteadh riut an cu, cha bu tu ach smior a mhadaidh. 

 Though you were (or are) called a dog, you would be (or are) 

 but the very marrow of a hound. 

 Ge luthmhor an cu cam, titheach air an smodal e, cha bheir 

 e bhos na thall. 



Though the blind (one-eyed) dog be swift, and though he 

 be eager for crumbs, he will not seize (them) here and 

 there. 

 Gleann nam Moireastan, far nach ith na coin na coinnleaii. 

 (Smooth) Glen Moriston, where the dogs will not eat the 

 candles. This refers to the bog-fir candles in use of 

 old in that and other districts of the Highlands. 

 Gnos mar chuaille, cluas mar dhuilleach, earball mu'n speir, 

 *s an speir mar chorran. 



Muzzle like club, ear like leaf, tail to the hough, and hough 

 like sickle. This refers to the old Scottish deerhound. 

 Is aithne do'n chu a choire fhein. 

 The dog knows his own fault. 

 Is ami an casan coin a bhios 'earal. 



A dog's caution is in his feet. 

 Is beag a's misde duine coir ged a dheanadh cu comhart ris. 

 An honest man will be little the worse for a dog barking 

 at him. 

 Is blath an fhuil ged is aim an craicionn nan con i. 



Blood is warm though it be in a dog's skin. 

 Is brathair do mhadadh am meirleach. 



The thief is brother to the hound. A very respectable 

 sentiment, says Nicolson. 

 Is cairdeach an cu do'n bhanais. 

 The dog is friendly to the wedding. 



