—  Welsh.      See  'Is  da  thriau'.
Is  odhar  gach  sean,  's  is  geal  gach  nobha,  gu  ruig         dj
snodhach  an  fhearna,  •

Every  old  thing  is  dun,  every  nevj  thing  white,  even  to
the  sap  of  the  alder.
The  alder  when  stripped  of  its  bark  is  very  white,  but  very
soon  the  colour  changes  to  reddish  brown  and  dun.
Is  òg  an  ISToUaig  a'  chiad  oidhche.
Christmas  is  young  the  first  night.
Is  olc  a  bhi  slaodadh  cait  air  'earball,
It's  ill  to  drag  a  cat  hy  the  tail.
Is  olc  a'  bho-laoigh  a'  chreag,  oidhch'  air  mhor,  'us
oidhch'  air  bheag.
The  roch  is  a  had  milch-cow,  07ie  night  fertile,  another
night  harrcn.
Al.  Is  corrach  gob  an  dubhain,

Is  mairg  do  'm  bo-laoigh  a'  chreag,
Oidhch'  air  bheagan,  's  oidhch'  air  mhoran,
'S  oidhche  gun  a'  mhor  no  'bheag.  ^
Uncertain  is  the  point  of  the  hook ;
III  for  him  whose  milch-covj  is  the  roch  ;
One  night  little,  another  plenty ;

Some  nights  neither  much  nor  little.  oÀJkJÙ  I

Is  olc  a'  chliath  fhearna  nach  toir  bliadhna'^  an  ursainn.         /    ,  /
iVs  a  poor  alder  hurdle  that  won't  hang  for  a  year  to     /^     ^UiL  \
the  post.  J

Al.  Is  olc  an  cabar  fearna  nach  dean  ràidhl'  air  tigh — It's  a  bad    */   /•  yt'
stick  of  alder  that  won't  make  a  rafter,    aji.  %i  »tc  <^  e^  Ì*^"^  /^V^^
Alder  is  one  of  the  poorest  kinds  of  timber.      AiurC  ^  '-h.  HS>CM,,.-iK

Is  olc  a'  chreag  a  threigeas  a  h-eòin  flièin.
It's  a  had  rock  which  its  own  hirds  forsake.
Is  olc  a  fhreagradh  tu  'n  iochdar  Thròtairnis.
You  wouldn't  suit  ivell  in  the  lower  end  of  Troternish.
