A  good  horse  should  be  seldom  spurred. — Eng.
A  gentle  horse  siid  be  sindle  spurred. — Scot.
Williges  Pferd  soil  man  nicht  treiben. — Germ.
Buon  cavallo  non  ha  bisogno  de'  sproni. — It.
Cavallo  que  buela,  no  quiere  espuela. — Span.
Cavallo  que  voa,  nao  quer  espora. — Port.
Cha  choir  do  dhuine  a  ghràdh  'us  'aithne  chur  a
dh-aon  taobh.
One  should  not  set  his  love  and  friendship  all  on  one
side.
Cha  choir  do  'n  chiontach  a  bhi  reachdach.
The  wrongful  shoidd  not  he  litigious.
Ni  ddyly  cyfraith  nis  gwnel. —  Welsh.
Cha  choir  gòisinn  a  chur  'an  rathad  an  doill.
A  snare  should  not  he  laid  in  the  way  of  the  hlincl.
]     Cha  chord  muc  sheasg  'us  àl.  "^  ;    /

/     A  barren  sow  was  never  good  to  pigs. — Ung.  \      '^^''   I'^f^  ■


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Cha  choisinn  balblian  earrasaid.  's  cha  n  fhaigh
amadan  oighreachd.
A  dumhy  won't  win  a  mantle,  nor  a  fool  get  an  inheri-
tance.
A  dumb  man  never  gets  land. — Eng.
The  use  of  the  word  '  earrasaid '  here  is  peculiar,  the  article  of
dress  it  denotes  being  known  to  us  only  as  feminine.  The  second
half  of  the  proverb  seems  to  contradict  the  law  of  primogeni-
\.  ture,  but  it  means  that  no  fool  can  win  a  fortune.
Cha  clireach  e  dùthaich.
He  vjon't  ruin  a  country-side.
An  expression  of  hospitality  in  reference  to  a  guest.
Cha  chreid  an  òige  gu'n  tig  an  aois,  's  cha  chreid  an
aois  gun  tig  am  bàs.
Youth  can't  believe  that  age  will  come,  nor  age  that
death  will.
Cha  chreid  thu  'n  t-Aog  gus  am  faic  thu  'n  t-adhlac.
