CROW 259 



An taobh a theid an fheannag bheir i 'feaman leatha. 



Wherever the crow goes, she'll take her tail with her. 

 Bheireadh e a suilean nam feannag e. 



He would take it from (beneath) the crow's eyes. 

 Bidh bean-mhuinntir aig an fheannaig a 's t-Fhoghair. 



The crow has a maid-servant in autumn. Said of people 

 who keep more servants than they need, as in autumn the 

 hardest of the work is usually past. 

 Cha bhi sinn 'g a innseadh do na feannagan. 



We won't tell it to the crows. 

 Cha dhochainn blionach an fheannaig. 



Carrion won't hurt a crow. Said of those who can eat 



anything, or to whom nothing comes amiss — a useful 



faculty in hard times. 



Chaidh an fheannag gus an traigh 's mharbh i portan, 's mar 



bhi mhuir Ian, mharbh i seachd dhiubh ; chuir i 'cas air an tigh 



mor 's cas air a chaisteal, etc. 



The crow (hoodie) went to the shore and killed a partan, 

 and had it not been full tide she would have killed seven; 

 she placed her one foot on the great house, and the 

 other on the castle, etc. This is also found in connection 

 with the seagull, and is not very clear as to meaning, 

 except as an expression of the freedom of the bird. 

 Cha tig olc a teine ach ubh glas na feannaig. 



Nothing evil will come out of the fire but the crow's grey egg. 

 Al. Ach feoil na glas fheannaig. The grey crow's flesh. 

 (See note hereto by Nicolson.) 



Fag, fag ! thuirt an flieannag, 's i mo nighean a' gharrag dhonn. 



" Go, go ! " said the crow, " that brown chick is my child." 

 Foighnich sin dhe na feannagan. — Or, 

 Foignich dhe na feannagan e. 



Ask that (or it) of the crows. Said of the impossible. 

 Gorach, gorach ! ars' an fheannag, 's e mo mhacs' an garrach 

 gorm. 



"Groch, groch ! " says the crow^, "that blue-black chick's my 

 son." 

 Gheibheadh tu na feannag >in-firich. 



You would find the forest-crows. Almost an impracticable 

 thing. 

 Is ann deireadh an la a ni an fheannag a mhuin. 



It is in the evening the crow makes water. 

 Is boidheach (no is toigh) leis an fheannaig a gorm garrach 

 fhein. 



The crow thinks her own blue-black chick a beauty. (" Gorm " 

 is rendered " ghastly " by Nicolson.) 

 Is caraid (no dithis) dhuinn sin, mar a thuirt an fheannag ri 

 'casan. 



That's a pair (or two) to us, as the crow said to her feet. 



