DOG— DORMOUSE 157 



Nigh a' mhadaidh air a mhathair. 



The dog's washing of his dam. Superficial. 

 " Sinne na gadhair a mharbh am maigheach/' mu 'n dubhairt 

 am measan prap-shuileach. 



"We hounds killed the hare" quo' the blear-eyed messan. 

 Sron coin, aon rud cho fuar 's a th' ann. (See " Aon rud/' etc.) 

 A dog's nose, one of the coldest things there is. If in good 

 health. 

 Tachdaidh an gionach na coin. 



Greed will choke the dog. 

 Tha e mar chu an deigh seilg. 



He is like a dog following the chase, i.e., keen. 

 Tha e 's a chuideachd mar 'bha cu luideach a cheaird. 



He's in the company, like the tinker's ragged dog, i.e., 

 uninvited, 

 Tha sin aig coin a bhaile. 



The town (or farm) dogs know that. Known to every one. 

 Thig la a' choin duibh fhathasd. 



The black dog's day will come yet. Something or everything 

 will prove of use sometime. (See ante.^ 

 Thoir do phathadh do 'n allt mar a ni an cu. 



Quench your thirst from the stream, as the dog does. 

 Neither polite nor kindly. 

 Tigh gun chu, tigh gun ghean gun ghaire. 



A house without a dog, a house without cheerfulness or 

 laughter. 

 Tri aois cait, aois coin. 



Three lives of a cat, the life of a dog. 

 Tri miosan cu. 



Three months a dog — goes with young. (See Nicolson.) 

 Trod a mheasan 's a chul ri balla. 



The scolding (barking) of the lapdog with his back to 

 a wall. 

 Tuigidh cu a chionta. 



A dog knows his fault — or when he does wrong. Few 

 better. 



DOLPHIN. — Deilf; Leumadair, leumnach ; Muc-bhiorach. 



Mere or meer — swim or swine. 



The meaning of dolphin is " belly-fish." The flesh was formerly 

 considered a great table delicacy, roasted and dressed with kindred 

 porpess sauce, crumbs of fine white bread, vinegar, and sugar, 

 rhe lesser dolphin is the porpess or porpoise. 



Cho reamhar ri muc-bhiorach. 

 As fat as a mere- swine. 



DORMOUSE. — Dallag ; Feascorluch, feasgarluch, feothan, 

 fobh-thoraain. 



Chestle-crumb ; Derry-mouse, dozing-mouse. 



