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LOBSTER 



Ars' mo cheile coir — 

 A da sluiil mar rionnaig — 

 *' 'Nail dhuinn a' phoit inhoir 

 'S bruichidh sinn an gioinach ! 



Bhruicheadh e fa-dheoidh — 

 ir fhada leams' am fuircach — 

 Gus a bhi 'an sas 

 'S a' chuirin ud— an giomach. 



Chaidh mi ris le li-ord, 

 Spain is gobhlai? iongach, 

 Gleadhar is ceol mor 

 Surd is fonn m'an ghiomach. 



Dh'ith mi an da spoig 

 Is pairt de chleibh-na-broinne, 

 Ach rinn mi mearachd mhor — 

 Cha d' ol mi leis ach gloine. 



Chaidh mi 'n sin a laidhe 

 Gus treis a thoirt air cadal. 



Ach ma thug, a ghraidh ! 

 B'e sin an busal fhadal'. 



Chunnaic mi 'am shuain 

 Keachd de dijuoinc borb' ; 

 lad 'g am ruith gu dian, 

 'S a' leantuinn air mo lorg. 



Ged a rinn mi spairn, 

 Thar chnuic is sluic a' teichcadh. 

 Slid ! chaidh dul m'am chtann 

 G' am tharruinggus mo chrochadh. 



Ach cha b' ann 'n am dheoin, 

 Oir dubh-leum thug mi asam, 

 'S dhuisg mi gun aon Icon 

 'S an leapaidh , 'n am leth-sheasamh ! 



Thainig crioch mo sgeoil, 

 'S b'e sin sgeul na dunach. 

 So dhuibh comhairle mhor — 

 *' Gu brath na ith de ghiomach ! " 



The lobster, somehow or other, is not considered a reputable 

 fellow. To add insult to injury, the an ti- Jacobites procured a medal 

 struck, showing Prince Charlie in the arms of a Jesuit astride a 

 lobster. The lobster is said to be a deadly foe to serpents, though 

 how, it is not recorded. Two lobsters fighting are held emblematical 

 of sedition. Among the satirical sayings of Rob Doiin, an unshapely 

 person was compared to a lobster ; he said, " 's coslach ri giomach 

 do chom," your body's like a lobster. Sayings as to lobsters are — 



An giomach, an ronach (rionnach) 's an ron, tri scoid a chuain. 

 The lobster, the mackerel, and the seal, the three heroes of 

 the sea. The lobster, it will be observed, comes first. 

 Is fhearr an giomach na bhi gun fhear-tighe. 



Better a lobster than no husband. Said by a woman who 

 placed a live lobster in her bag of })otatoes to detect a thief. 

 Cho cairdeil ri giomach 's gibneach 'm faich. 



As friendly as a lobster and cuttle-fish in a cleft. The 

 cuttle-fish is a deadly foe of, and very destructive to, 

 lobsters and other Crustacea. 

 Is luaithe giomach na ron. 



A lobster is swifter than a seal — in the sea. 

 Sitheadh giomaich aon de na tri sithidhean a's luaithe air bith. 

 The shoot, or rush, of a lobster is one of the swiftest rushes 

 soever. 

 Sith giomaich, rionnaich agus roin, ge fad' am giomach 's 

 fhaid' an rionnach, 's ge fad' an rionnach 's fhaid' an ron. 



The dart of lobster, mackerel, and seal, though far the 

 lobster, farther the mackerel, and though far the mackerel, 

 farther the seal. As regards distance the lobster land$ 

 last here. 



