ruigidh each mall muileann
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Scottish Gaelic
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Proverb
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ruigidh
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mall
muileann
slow and steady wins the race
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Literally "a slow horse will reach the mill"; sometimes expanded to
"~ ach cha ruig each a bhristeas a chnàmhan sin / ach cha ruig ma bhriseas a chnàmhan"
- "~ but a horse that breaks its legs won't / but it won't if it breaks its legs".
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