The  destruction  and  alarm  caused  on  this  occasion  appear  to  have
been  very  great.  Another  saying  in  reference  to  that  calamity  is,
'An  uair  a  thuiteas  drochaid  Pheairt,  ni  i  glag' — JVlieii  the  bridge
of  Perth  falls,  it  will  make  a  noise.
Dh'  fhan  do  mhàthair  ri  d'  bhreith.
Your  ììiother  waited  for  your  birth.
Said  ironically  to  one  in  an  excessive  hurry.
Dh'  fhaodadh  da  chailleach  a  chur  an  dàrna  taobh,
gun  dol  o  thaobh  an  teine.
Two  old  women  could  dispose  of  it,  without  leaving  the
fireside.
Dh'iarr  a'  mhuir  a  bhi  'g  a  taghal.
The  sea  wished  to  be  resorted  to.
A  poetical  idea,  suggested  by  the  daily  return  of  the  tide,  which
seems  to  invite  acc[uaintaixce.
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Dh'  ith  e  'chuid  de  'n  bhonnach-shodail.
He  '^tjhis  share  of  the  flattery-hanTiock.
Said  of  sycophantic  people.
Dh'  ith  e  'm  biadh  mu  'n  d'  rinn  e  'n  t-altachadh.
He  eat  the  food  before  saying  grace.
Dh'  itheadh  e  'chain  a  bh'  aig  Pàdruig  air  Eirinn.
He  would  eat  St.  Patrick's  tribute  from  Ireland.
See  note  to  '  Cha  phaigheadh '.
In  a  story  about  Ossian,  given  in  Campbell's  West  Highl.  Tales,
II.  105  (also  in  Smith's  Summer  in  Skye),  it  is  said  of  Mm,  '  Bha
e  dall,  bodhar,  bacach,  's  bha  naoidh  dealgan  daraich  'n  a  bhroinn  ;
's  e  'g  itheadh  na  càin  a  bh'  aig  Pàdruig  air  Eirinn' — He  was  blind,
deaf,  lame,  and  had  nine  oaken  skewers  in  his  beUy;  and  was
eating  the  tribute  Patrick  had  over  Ireland.  This  story  was  found
in  Barra  and  in  Skye.  ,    /  .n      .  j/   \

Dh'  itheadh  na  caoraich  an  cuid  roimhe,       /run.-c.-A    C  y

The  sheep  anight  eat  through  it.
Said  of  thinly  woven  cloth.
Dh'  òladh  e  Loch  Slaopain.
