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11a. Guilley smuggagh, dooinney glen,
 * Inneen smuggagh, sluht dy ven =
 * A snotty boy [makes] a clean man,
 * A snotty girl, a slut of a woman (see The Body).

162. Caghlaa obbyr aash = Change of work is rest.

163. Ta greme ayns traa cooie sauail nuy = A stitch in proper time saves nine.

164. Lesh y vioys shegin dooin jannoo = With life we must work.

165. Obbyr dyn shirrey, obbyr dyn booise = Work without request, work without thanks.

166. Obbyr laa yn ghuilley buigh — obbyr laue = The day work of the yellow lad — hand work.

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

33b. Commee obbyr, commee bee = Sharing work, sharing food (see Food and Co-operation).

167. Share farkagh er baare faarkey ny er keim rullickey = Better be waiting on the crest of a billow than on the churchyard stile (see The Sea).

168. Ollick vog, rhullic vea = A wet Christmas, a rich churchyard (see Weather Wisdom and Seasons).

169. Laa'l Parlane, daa honn goll 'sy nane = St. Bartholomew's Day two masses go in one (see Holy Days).

170. There will neither be clag nor kiaullane.

171. Shenn phot, shenn ghryle,
 * Shenn chlooid dy choodaghey yn aile =
 * An old pot, an old griddle,
 * An old clout to cover the fire.