202 PIG 



Coin 'us mucan, ditliis leis nach toil a cheile. 



Dogs and pigs, two that love not each other. 

 Cho reamhar ri inuo. 



As fat as a pig. 

 Cnuasach uircein, buain 'us itheadh. 



The i)igling's contemplation, j)luck and eat. 

 Cuir ceann na muice ri earr an uircein. 



Set the sow's head to the pigling's tail, or. 



The sow's head to the tail of the grice. Balance your loss 

 with your gain. 

 Cumaidh a mhuc fhein a fail fhein glan. 



Even the sow will keep her own stye clean. Few cleaner. 

 Far am bi a mhuc, bidh fail. 



Where a sow is a stye will be. 

 Im air a mhuc mheidh. 



Butter on the fat pig. Wastefulness. 

 Is ann air a mhuic reamhar a theid an t-im. 



It's on the fat pig the butter goes. He that has gets. 

 Is ann annad tha'n rud a bh'anns na mucan. 



It's you that have in you what was (and is) in the pigs. 

 Stubbornness. 

 Is blath an fhuil ged is ann an sron muice. 



Blood is warm though it be but in a pig's nose. 

 Is i a mhuc shamhach a dh'itheas an drabh. 



It's the silent sow that eats the draff, or that sups the 

 most. 

 Is olc a thig muc-saille air sobhraichean na coille. 



The fat sow fares badly (or is ill-fed) on the primroses of 

 the wood. 

 Mar sheud oir ann an sron muice, tha bean bhoidheach gun 

 leoir tuigse. 



As a golden jewel in a pig's snout, is a fair woman without 

 sufficiency of understanding. (K. Macd.) 

 Mar thig triubhas do'n mhuic. 



As trews become a sow. Not at all. 

 Ma tha thu coma, dean comaidh ris a mhuic. 



If you don't care, go and share with the sow. 

 Moran sgalan *s beagan ollainn mu 'n dubhairt Muisein 's e 

 'lomairt na muice. 



Great cry and little woo', as the Deil said when he sheared 

 the soo. 

 Nadur muice, gabhaidh i a rathad fhein. 



The nature of a sow, she will take her own way. 

 Se sin ton na muice a ghreisigeadh (Ir.). 



That were greasing the pig's rump. 

 Sgriach na muice a' dol do'n iolainn. 



The screech of the sow on her way to the stackyard. 

 Pleasant anticipation. 



