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154. Laa'l Moirrey ny gianle, lieh foddyr as lieh aile = Candlemas Day (2 Feb.), [have] half [your] straw and half [your] firing (see Firing and Saints' Days).

21a. Ta fooillagh naareydagh ny s'melley na ee scammyltagh = Shameful leaving is worse than shameful eating (see Food).
 * Tasht seose cour ny cassyn gorley = Store up for bad feet (see The Body).

218a. Bock Yuan fannee = The gelding of John the flayer (see Animals and Topographical).

155. S'loam ta laare y valley vargee = How empty is the floor of the town market.

156. To go about like a brewing-pan (see Industrial).

157. The Manxman is never wise until the day after the fair (see National).

104a. Manxman like, a day behind the fair (see Unpunctuality and National).

158. Share craght ve 'sy cheer na mee ny mannan cheet stiagh meein = Better be slaughter in the country than the month of the kid (March) to come in gently (see Weather Wisdom).

160. Boayl ta gioee ta keck, as boayl ta mraane ta pleat = Where there are geese there's dirt, and where there are women there's talking [tattling] (see Birds).

161. Cadlee ny moddee tra ta ny mraane creearey = Dogs will sleep when the women are sifting (see Agriculture and Animals).