194 MOUSE— OTTER 



Cha mhortair an luchag fo'n chruaich-fheoir. 



The mouse is not crushed (murdered) under the hay-stack. 

 Cho bith or bidh ri lucha^r, neo 

 Cho bith ris an luch fo ladhar a chait, neo 

 Cho umhal ri luch fo spog a chait. 



As quiet as a mouse under the cat's hoof, or 



As humble as a mouse 'iieath the cat's paw. 

 Chual' luchan an ard-doruis e. 



The mice of the lintel heard it. A supposed secret. 

 Fois luchag 'am balg. 



A mouse's rest in a bag. Small. 

 Is bean-tighe (neo bana-mhaighstir) an luchag 'n a tigh fein. 



The little mouse is mistress in her own house. 

 Is boidheach an luchjig 's a mhir arbhair. 



Pretty is the mouse in the corn-plot. A Burnsian sentiment. 

 Is fheairrd an luch samhchair, mar a thuirt luch a mhonaidh 

 ri luch a bhaile. 



The mouse is the better of quiet, as the moor mouse said 

 to the town mouse. 

 Is laidir luchag fo chruaich fheoir. 



A mouse is bold (strong) under a hay-stack. 

 Tha fios aig an luch nach 'eil an cat a's tigh. 



The mouse knows the cat's not in the house. 

 Tha thu cho breugach 's tha 'n luch cho bradach. 



You are as lying as the mouse is thieving, or, you lie as the 

 mouse pilfers. 



MULE (see also Horse). — Greadan ; Lethasal ; Mall (Ir.), 

 maoileann, maoluin, muilead, muileid, muille, mulag, mullaid. 

 Fummel, fummle, funnel; Moll, molle, moil, moyle, mull. 



Aon de thriuir is mi-riaghailtiche th' ann, muileid, muc 's 

 mathair a chlann. 



One of three without a rule — a wife, a pig, and a mule. 

 Is raige bean na muileid, 's is raige muileid na 'n Donas. 



A woman is more obstinate than a mule — a mule than the 

 devil. 



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NEAT, ETC. (see Cattle). 



OTTER. — Balgair, beisd-dubh or donn, beist-dubh or donn, 

 biasd-dubh or donn (sea) ; Ceann-fionn (hoary head — King), coibh- 

 earan, coin-fhoidhairne, confoirne (plur.), cu-donn, cu-dur, cu- 

 odhar; Dobar-chu, dobhar-chu, dobhran, dobhran-leas-leathann, 



