Gaelic proverbs

by Macintosh, Donald

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Published 1951 by Published for M. MacInnes by Caledonian Press in Glasgow .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Proverbs, Scottish Gaelic.,
• Scottish Gaelic language -- Idioms.

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Edition Notes

Pages i-xxxvi and 1-421 are a reprint of the 2d ed., first published in 1881(?) under title: A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases, based on MacIntosh"s collection. Edited by Alexander Nicolson.

Statement	collected and translated into English with equivalents from other European languages by Alexander Nicolson. Reprinted with index, etc., by Malcolm MacInnes.
Contributions	Nicolson, Alexander, 1827-1893, ed.
Classifications
LC Classifications	PN6505.C4 M3 1951
The Physical Object
Pagination	9a, xxxvi, 470 p.
Number of Pages	470
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6139751M
LC Control Number	53018406
OCLC/WorldCa	2483335

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