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[breacan]
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Chuir na breacain sealladh briagh bharr na cuideachd. Tha tartans gave the company a grand appearance.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[caochladh]
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Tha caochladh cur air breacan Chaluim. Malcolm’s tartan has a different sett.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breac an t-sìl (f), breacan sìl (pl)
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pied wagtail.
Origin: [Tiree]
Category: Eòin Thiriodh / Birds of Tiree
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breacadan buidhe nan allt
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yellow wagtail. [Cf. breacan buidhe nan allt.]
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacadh
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pattern. As in this question: Dé am breacan [sic] th’oirre – speaking, referring orally to a knitted item. 2) Seall am breacadh th’air na casan aice. – pointing to the ‘fire-prints’ on her feet or legs. Breacadh a rinn ’n tein’ air na casan aice.
Location: [Harris], Scalpaigh [Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacadh
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e.g. breacadh an teine. Known in some places as ‘Breacan Mairi Ùisdean’.
Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan
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Quot.: breacan air na casan. Note: skin getting blotchy when exposed to a fire.
Location: Harris, Grosebay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan
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Spotted.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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breacan
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Quotation: breacan an teine. Notes: the pattern made on the legs caused by proximity to the fire.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan buidhe nan allt
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yellow wagtail. [Cf. breacadan buidhe nan allt.]
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan dàr
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this was a phrase used in conjunction with a successfully serviced cow. Indicated that there would be plenty of produce to follow.
Location: South Uist, Lochcarnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan-aighearach
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shoulders high.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan-beithe
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Notes: chaffinch.
Origin: Blackburn, near Glentarff
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan-dàir
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Note: in Berneray, Harris. Oatmeal and cream, not baked. Given to person who took cow to bull.
Origin: Ness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan-guaille
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Note: shoulder plaid.
Origin: Crowlista
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan-sian
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freckles.
Origin: Tiriodh [Tiree]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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breacan-sianach
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[bɾɛkɑṉʃĩɤ̃ṉɑx] Notes: freckle.
Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan-uasal
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Quot.: a’ toirt am breacan-uasal dha duine. Note: carrying a person on one’s shoulders with legs astraddle.
Origin: [Ness]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tartan
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striped cloth, with pattern the same, longwise and crosswise (warp and weft), modern; but not necessarily so of old. Mid Gaelic tuartan – striped or coloured cloth. The term “breacan” includes tartan, but also checked, striped, or coloured cloth which is not “tartan” in modern sense.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
