1a. Faggys ta my lheiney, agh ny sniessey ta my chrackan = Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin (see The Body and Selfishness).
4. — Death.
40. Cha daink rieau baase gyn leshtal = Death never came without an excuse.
41. Cha marroo as clagh = As dead as a stone (see Country Objects).
42. Cha marroo as skeddan = As dead as a herring (see Fish).
43. Baase y derrey voddey grayse y voddey elley = The death of one dog is the grace (life) of another dog (see Selfishness and Animals).
44. Bioys da dooinney as baase da eeast = Life to man and death to fish (see Fish).
- *Ny shiare ta'n oaie na bea eginagh = Better is the grave than a needy life (see Poverty).
- *Ta moddey bio ny share na lion marroo = A living dog is better than a dead lion (see Animals).
5. — Health, Disease.
45. Dy beagh ee er e volg myr fee er e dreeym,
- Shimmey mac dooinney yinnagh ee harrish y cheym =
- If it were on its belly as it is on its back,[1]
- Many a son of man would it put over the stile (see Church and Insects).
46. Goll sheese ny lhargagh = Going down the slope[2] (see Country Objects).
3a. Freayl y craue glass = Keeping the bone green (see The Body).
24a. Te feer aasagh cur fuill ass kione carragh = It is very easy to make a scabby head bleed (see The Body).
