The  beggar  takes  care  to  call  at  evening.
Tatha  mlior  nan  tonn,  bheir  i  sgiiob  16m  air  Peairt.
Great  billoioy  Tay  vnll  sweep  Perth  bare.
This  Avas  an  old  prophecy,  fulfilled  more  than  once.
See  'Dh'fhalbh  Peairt'.
Tàtliadh  goirid  a'  ghobha,  agus  tàthadh  leobliar  an
t-saoir..
The  short  welding  of  the  smith ;  the  long  joining  of  the
carpenter.
Te  glieal  bho  f hear  gu  fear ;   te  odhar  'an  dorus  a
sabhail.
A  fair  one  goes  from  man  to  man  ;  a  dun  one  stands
at  her  own  barn  door.
This  is  a  suggestion  that  the  plain  woman  will  make  a  better
wife.     See  '  Na  tagh'.
Teanga  fhada  'n  ceann  Dhònuill  fhìdhleir.
A  long  tongue  in  Donald  fiddler  s  head.
Teanga  cho  geur  ri  ealtuinn.
A  tongue  as  sharp  as  a  razor.
Teannaich  do  chrios  gus  am  faigh  thu  biadh.
Tighten  your  belt  till  you  get  food.
This  is  a  known  practice  of  American  Indians.
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Teine  chaoran  'us  gaol  ghiul^an.
Fire  of  peats  and  love  of  hoys.
Not  of  long  endurance.
Teirigidh  Cruacliau  Beann,  gun  dad  a  dhol  ri  'cheann.
Ben  Crvxtchan  will  waste  away,  if  nothing  he  added
to  it.
A  I.  Theirigeadh  Cruaclian  Beann,  le  'bhi  sior  thoirt  as,  gun  dad
idir  'g  a  chur  ann.
■*"  Teirigidh  gach  ni  ri  'chaitheamh.
Everything  will  end  with  ivastiiig.
Teisteanas,  a'  choimheai^snaich  air  gach  neach.
A  neigliUours  testimony  is  the  test  of  everybody.
Al.  Teist  a  nàbaidh.
Teodhaidh  feòil  ri  fine,  ged  nach  deòin  le  duine.
Flesh  ivill  ivarm  to  kin,  against  a  man's  tvill.
Al.  Teodhaidh  an  fhuil  ris  an  fhuil— Blood  warms  to  blood.
See  '  Is  tighe '.
The  sentiment  and  the  double  rhyme  here  are  equally  pretty.
Tha  am  air  an  achmhasan,  a's  tràth  air  a'  cheilidh.
