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Iain-nam-bròg
This week’s word is ‘iain-nam-bròg’, a piece of wood that would be used to remove boots.
‘Iain-nam-bròg’ is a slang word, which would commonly be used by fishermen. As you can see from the picture, the piece of wood would have a ‘V’ shape cut into it, into which the boot would be placed to help remove it from the wearer.
‘Iain-nam-bròg’ was collected in Scalpay, Harris, in 1975. There were many other fishing-related words and phrases collected at this time, click here to view the page in the DASG Fieldwork Archive.
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