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Do sheanmhair a stigh an sin!
Posted by Shona on Thursday 16th April 2015
This week, we have phrases for encouraging dogs, or commands for sheepdogs. The first is “do sheanmhair a stigh an sin!” which was collected in Glasgow from an informant originally from West Uig, Isle of Lewis. This phrase would be used to order a dog to scratch at a hole in the ground.
There are many other commands from this informant in the DASG Fieldwork Archive, for example “Sig!” or “Sig a mach á sin”, to command a dog to get out of the way and lie down. Why not have a look at the other commands too?
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