Creative Proverbs from the...
Gaelic* Culture
(* denotes a culture rather than a country)

Background: The Gaelic language, also called Scots Gaelic or Erse, is spoken along the northwest coast of Scotland and in the Hebrides islands. Scottish Gaelic is a recent offshoot of the Irish language. Gaelic was introduced into Scotland about AD 500 (displacing an earlier Celtic language), it had developed into a distinct dialect of Gaelic by the 13th century, and as a separate languarge by the the 17th century.

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Proverbs from the Gaelic* Culture
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A king's son is no nobler than his company.
R
A gossip's mouth is the devil's postbag.
A
Some of the sweetest berries grow among the sharpest thorns.
N
The bitter cup we strive to remove from us holds the medicine we are most in need of.
K
'Tis hard to hold a conger by the tail.
 

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