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Raaghyn Creeney Gaelgagh
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Manx Proverbs: Advice. Situation. Port Erin.
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Ta fys ec dy chooilley ghooinuey c’raad t’an vraag gortagh eh.
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Every man knows where the shoe hurts him.
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Tra hig yn laa hig yn choyrle lesh.
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When the day comes its counsel will come with it.
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Gow coyrle bleb son keayrt.
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Take the advice of a fool for once.
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Bwoaill choud as ta’n yiarn cheh.
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Strike while the iron is hot.
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To er y varney veayl.
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Thou art upon the brink
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Goll sheese ny lhargagh
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Going down the declivity
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Eshyn yiow skeilley yiow eh craid.
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He who gets imposed upon is mocked
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Lhig dy chooilley ushag guirr e hooyn hene.
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Let every bird hatch its own eggs .
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Geeck cabbyl marroo.
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Paying for a dead horse.
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Cha daink lesh y gheay nagh ragh lesh yn ushtey
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What comes with the wind goes with the water.
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Obbyr dyn shirrey obbyr dyn booise
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A work unasked is a ‘thankless work’.
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Goll thie yn ghoar dy hirrey ollan.
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Going to the goat's house to seek for wool.
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Share goll dy hie fegoosh slubber na girree torn ayns lhiastynys
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Better go to bed supperless than get up in debt.
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Cha nee tra ta’n cheyrrey gee yn ouw te cheet r’ee.
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It's not when the sheep eats the ouw it tells a tale.
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Eshyn nagh bee mie rish e gharran shegin da yn phollan y chur lesh er e vuin.
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He who will not be kind to his pony must bring the saddle on his own back.
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Bee oo goll as dty vussal bane ort as cha bee veg ayd dy ghra agh “Ta mee co-aignagh.”
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Thou wilt be going with thy white handkerchief on thee and thou will have nothing to say but “I am agreeable.”
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Eshyn nagh gow rish briw erbee t’eh deyrey eh hene.
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He who will acknowledge no judge condemns himself.
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Stroshey yn theay na yn Chiarn.
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The voice of the public is stronger than the Lord of the Manor’s."
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