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180a. Sheeu kishan dy yoan Mayrnt mayl bleeaney Vannin = A peck of March dust is worth a year's rent of [the Isle of] Man (see Weather Wisdom and National).

187a. Ta'n Vayrnt chionney, as yn nah vee fanney = March tightens, and the next month skins (see Weather Wisdom).

188b. 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 Birds).

190b. 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 Agriculture and Weather Wisdom).


 * Arragh chayeeagh, sourey ouyragh,
 * Fouyr ghrianagh, geurey rioeeagh =
 * A misty spring, a gloomy summer,
 * A sunny autumn, a frosty winter (see Weather Wisdom).


 * Ny nee yn rio gymmyrkey guiy roish yn Ollick, cha nymmyrkey e thunnag lurg yn Ollick = If the frost will bear a goose before Christmas, it will not bear a duck after Christmas (see Weather Wisdom and Birds).

241. As round as the Tynwald.

197a. The Manx and Scotch will come so near as to throw their beetles at one another (see Industrial Objects).

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

242. Mie Maninn, mie Nherin = Good [in] Man, good [in] Ireland.

243. Will stand like the legs of Man ("Quocunque jeceris stabit").