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11. Guilley smuggagh, dooinney glen,


 * Inneen smuggagh, sluht dy ven =


 * A snotty boy, a clean man,


 * A snotty girl, a slut of a woman (see Womankind).

12. Tra scuirrys y laue dy choyrt, scuirrys y veeal dy voylley = When the hand ceases to give, the tongue will cease to praise (see Poverty).

13. Voish y laue gys y veeal = From the hand to the mouth.

14. Soddag chamm, bolg jeeragh = Crooked bannock, straight belly (see Food).

15. Ta lane caillit eddyr y laue as y veeal = There's much lost between the hand and the mouth (see Food).

16. Ass shilley, ass smooinaghtyn = Out of sight, out of memory (or mind).

17. Cha vel fer erbee cha bouyr, as eshyn nagh jean clashtyn = There is no one so deaf, as he who will not hear.

18. He is as fat as a puffin (see Birds).

19. Sniessey yn uillin na yn cloan = Nearer [is] the elbow than the children (see Selfishness and Children).

20. Cha vow laue ny haaue veg = The idle hand gets nothing (see Idleness).

21. Kione mooar er y veggan cheilley, as kione beg gyn veg edyr ; towse cheilley rish = A great head with little wit, and a little head without any ; measure by wit (see Wisdom).

22. Ta dty lhiasagh dty ghoarn = Thy recompense is thy fist (see Independence).

23. Eddyr daa stoyl ta'n toyn er laare = Between two stools the posterior is on the floor (see House, etc.).

24. T'eh feer aasagh cur fuill ass kione carragh = It is very easy to make a scabby head bleed (see Health and Disease).


 * Tasht seose cour ny cassyn gorley = Store up for bad feet, i.e., for the time when they become decrepit (see Thrift).

25. Un eam gys bee as jees gys obbyr = One call to food and two to work (see Work).

26. Ta bee eeit jarroodit = Eaten food is forgotten (see Gratitude).