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


 * Ny veggan as ny veggan, dee yn chayt y skeddan = Little by little, [as] the cat ate the herring (see Fish and Patience).


 * Tra huittys ny maarlee magh, hig skeeal er ny kirree = When the thieves fall out tidings will come of the sheep (see Thieves and War).


 * Ta moddey bio ny share na lion marroo = A living dog is better than a dead lion (see Death).


 * Arc er e ghreeym = A young pig on his back. (Said of a sulky person.)


 * Cha raagh as mannan = As wanton as a kid.

222. Coontey ny heïn roish ta ny hoohyn guirt = Counting the chickens before the eggs are hatched.

223. Lhig dy chooilley ushag guirr e hoohyn hene = Let every bird hatch its own eggs (see Independence).

224. If the puffin's nest was not robbed in the Calf of Man, they would breed there no longer (see Places).

18a. He is as fat as a puffin (see The Body).

134a. Myr s'doo yn feeagh yiow eh sheshey = Black as is the raven he'll get a partner (see Marriage).

139a. Ta'n yeean myr e ghooie my vel clooie er y chione = The chicken is like its kind before down is on its head (see Parents).

151a. Cur meer da'n feeagh as hig eh reesht = Give a piece to the raven and he'll come again (see Poverty and Alms).

160a. 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 Womankind).

188a. Cha jean un ghollan-geayee sourey,
 * Ny un chellagh-keylley geurey =
 * One swallow will not make summer,
 * Nor one woodcock winter (see Weather Wisdom and Seasons).