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Sources: scots-online.org (Andy Eagle); Wikiquote's Scottish Gaelic proverbs page, drawing on Alexander Nicolson's A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs (1882), Edward Dwelly's Scottish Gaelic-English Dictionary (1911), Gyula Paczolay's European Proverbs in 55 Languages (1997), and BBC Alba's Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh; and Lingalot's Scottish Gaelic proverbs guide. English equivalents are standard, widely documented English proverbs and sayings where one genuinely exists; where none does, the English text is a plain rendering of the meaning rather than a separate fixed saying (noted on the card).
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