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gille-mirean
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top.
Location: Arran, Pirnmill
Category: Cur-seachadan: Dèideagan, Geamaichean is Farpaisean / Recreation: Toys, Games, Contests
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gille-mirean
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Note: spinning-top.
Location: Lewis, Uig, Crowlista
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gille-mirean
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Notes: a spinning top.
Location: Skye, Breakish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gille-mirean
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Quotation: Tha thu na do ghille-mirean aige. Notes: Spinning top. Said of someone who is being used by another, always at his beck and call.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gille-mirean
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Note: (tee-totum.) Tha thu a sin a’ cur nan car mar ghille-mirean.
Origin: Swainbost
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gille-mirean
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Note: giddy, frolicsome person.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gille-mirean (gille-mirean beag)
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a top, usually made from a cotton-thread reel (pirn). Two tops were made from one ‘pirn’.
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig
Category: Cur-seachadan: Dèideagan, Geamaichean is Farpaisean / Recreation: Toys, Games, Contests
