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199. Cha dooar rieau drogh veaynee corran mie — A bad reaper never got a good sickle.

200. T'ou towse e arroo liorish dty hubbag hene = Thou art measuring his corn by thy own bushel.

201. Jean traagh choud as ta'n ghrian soilshean = Make hay while the sun shines (see The Sun).

203. Ta'n losh da'n furriman = "Strike the foreman."

203. Laa'l Parick arree yn dow gys e staik as y dooinney gys e lhiabbee = St. Patrick's Day [March 17], the ox to his stall and the man to his bed (see Animals and Saints' Days).

204. Cha nee yn wooa smoo eieys smoo vlieaunys = It is not the cow which lows most that will milk the most (see Animals).

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

184a. Laa'l Paul ghorrinagh gheayee,
 * Ghenney er y theihll as baase mooar sleih ;
 * Laa'l Paul aalin as glen
 * Palchey er y theihll dy arroo as meinn =
 * St. Paul's Day [January 25th] tempestuous and windy,
 * Scarcity in the world and great mortality ;
 * St. Paul's Day fine and clear,
 * Plenty in the world of corn and meal (see Weather Wisdom and Holy Days).

190a. Tra heidys Avril bing e chayrn,
 * 'Sy theihll vees palchey traagh as oarn =
 * When April shall shrilly blow his horn,
 * In the world will be plenty of hay and barley (see Weather Wisdom and Seasons).

193a. Ta'n vry erskyn y churnaght = The malt is better than the wheat (see Industrial Objects).


 * Verryms bai da'n chreeagh = I will give an opposite (or contrary) throw to the furrow (giving a Roland for an Oliver).