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Proverbs and Sayings of the Isle of Man.
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118. Hig daill gys eeck = Credit will come to payment.

119. Roshee daill y dorrys = Credit will reach the door.

120. Daa ghrogh eeck t'ayn, geeck rolaue, as dyn geeck edyr = There are two bad pays, pay beforehand, and no pay at all.

121. Geeck cabbyl marroo = Paying for a dead horse (see Animals).

122. Airh wuigh as palchey j'ee = Yellow gold and plenty of it (see Riches).

30a. Share goll dy lhie fegooish shibber na girree ayns lhiastynys = Better to go to bed supperless than to get up in debt (see Food).

65a. Millish dy ghoaill, agh sharroo dy eeck = Sweet to take, but bitter to pay (see Caution).

*Cha row rieau cooid chebbit mie = Never were offered wares good.

42. — Friends, Enemies.

123. Kiangle myr noid, as yiow myr carrey = Bind as an enemy, and you shall have as a friend.

108a. Ta dooinney creeney mennick jannoo carrey jeh e noid = A wise man often makes a friend of his enemy (see Wisdom).

*Myr y tarroo-deyill as y charage = Like the rove- or horned-beetle and the ordinary field-beetle (see Insects).

43. — House and Home (including House Appliances).

124. Siyn folmey smoo sheean nee = Empty vessels will make the most noise.

125. Tra ta thie dty naboo er aile, gow cairail jeh dty hie hene = When thy neighbour's house is on fire, take care of thy own house.

126. Shooyll ny thieyn = Walking the houses[1] (see Poverty).

127. Clagh ny killagh ayns kione dty hie wooar = [May] a stone of the church [be found] in the head of thy dwelling (see Church).

128. Ta ny moddee er chur nyn gione 'sy phot = The dogs have put their heads in the pot (see Animals).

  1. Begging.