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3. — An Gwiranath ew an gwella I The Truth is the best 



^n pob-tra, Trea,^' po pella. \ In everything, near, or far. 



N.B. — This last Proverb, an^ several others from Gwavas, have 

 in the MS. the initials " Gw : G. B." prefixed to them, which prob- 

 ably signified that they were collected by Gwavas, and transcribed 

 by the Mr. George Borlase mentioned by Gwavas in the letter to 

 Tonkin, lately published by Prince Lucien Bonaparte, in his " Obser- 

 vations on the Eev. R. Williams' Preface to his Lexicon Cornu- 

 Britannicum "; ' which see. 



4._[^ Ool, vulg: Egolls. A Cornish oath— "By the Holy." 

 W. B.] t 



Feom USTICK'S MSS. 



1. — Ma an Gog an Luar wartha. The Cuckow is in the higher 

 Garden. 



\_i.e. The brain is but indifferently furnished.] 



2. — Yw Kanstel dha rag gorras ongel en Zeth ? Is a Basket good to 

 put cabbage in the Pot ? 



3. — Guare teg yw Guare whig. Fair play is good play. 

 [Motto of the hurling balls] 



4. — Syngy 'guz tavaz ! Hold your tongue ! 



5. — GudveenHdve terehahX Goluan, 



/_ 

 Sa Hdve en Gudve 



Nedelach. 



"Winter in Summer 'till Midsum- 

 mer, 

 And Summer in Winter 'till 



Christmas. 



6. — Eha% ha sewen || whath I Health and Prosperity 



Bho chee, ha tha Henwath \ To thee and thy Posterity. 



* I suppose " trea" means "at borne." See also in Mr. Boson's cure for 

 Pilchards : " devethes trea "=" come home." 



t I think this is provincial English, as " Egad." The Negroes say " my 

 golly." 



X " Terebah." This is the "treba" of Pryce's Dictionary. 



II " Sewen " is unknown to me. " Henwath " may be " henath " := " a 

 generation," found only in the Fourth Commandment. 



