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fish or sole) ; Chabot (miller's thumb) ; Cobbe (herring fry) ; Dare 

 (dace) ; Garvine (garvie — small herring or sprats), Geddes (pike), 

 Gobyon (gudgeon) ; Lucy (pike) ; Sparling (smelt) ; Tubbe 

 (gurnard) ; others again from proximate resemblance, viz., Bar 

 (barbel) ; Conghurst (congers) ; Ellis, Elwes, Elwis (eels) ; Garling 

 (gar-fish) ; Herringot (herring) ; Piketon (pike) ; Sammes (salmon), 

 and so forth. According to the Revue Celtique, the fish in the 

 Glasgow arms (notwithstanding the fish and ring story) is the 

 salmon. (See Art. Salmon.) 



Proverbs as to fish generally are not numerous. The following 

 is a fair example : — 



An t-iasg a chriomas gach boiteag, theid a ghlacadh uair- 

 eigin. 



The fish that bites every worm (i.e., bait) will be caught 

 some time. 

 Beag agus beag eisg so, ach tuilleadh agus tuilleadh as an t- 

 seilbh chiadna. 



Little fish this, but there's more and more in the same 

 store. Said when one gets or catches a small fish to 

 begin with. 

 Breac (or iasg) a linne, aon de thri meirle as nach do ghabh 

 duine riamh naire. 



A trout (or fish) from pool, one of three thefts no man ever 

 was ashamed of. 

 Ceann dearg air na bheil a muigh. 



Red head (bloody) on all that's out. Said for luck when the 

 first fish is caught. 

 Cha dean brogan tiorain iasgach. 



Dry shoes won't get fish. One must not be too particular 

 when fishing as to getting wet. 

 Druim an sgadain, tar a bhradain, 's cul-cinn a bhric dhuibh. 

 Back of herring, tail of salmon, and the back of the head of 

 the bhick trout. The three choice bits. 

 Far am bi an t-iasg 's ann a bhios na h-eoin. 



Where the fish is the birds will be. A well-known fact. 

 Fuil air iasg, mharbh mi sgioUag. 



Blood on fish, I've killed a minnow, or sand-eel ; i.e., almost 

 worthless — but always something. 

 Is fearr iasg beag na bhi gun iasg idir. 



A little fish is better than to be without fish at all. 

 Na aireamh a chaoidh an t-iasg gus an tig e as a mhuir. 



Never count the fish till they come out of the sea. 

 Na beannaich an t-iasg gus an tig e gu tir. 



Do not bless the fish till it is landed. 

 Rug iasg orm. 



A fish has caught me. Sickness. (See Nicolson's note 

 hereto.) 



