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[balg]
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Mu seach a shéidear na builg. – Prosperity comes in turns. (Seo mar a chuala mi e air a chleachdadh.)
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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beilc
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big belly, as cow (N.E.); peilc (Arran, S.W. gen.), peilicean (Uist). ? seemed in Perths to be a variant of builg, gen. of bolg – a bag, etc.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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builg
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Notes: a bubble.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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builg
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Quotation: “Tha an t-iasg a’ builgeadh.” Notes: fish at play, breaking the surface and causing bubbles to form but not biting.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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feannadh-builg
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skinning by blowing air, or blowing, blowing the skin off the flesh in animals, notably rabbits.
Location: [Harris], Scalpaigh [Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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feannadh-builg
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[fȷɑ̃n̪əɣbu̟liɡʹ] Note: method of skinning a rabbit by cutting the skin on the leg and blowing through the hole. The skin separates from the flesh.
Location: Lewis, Uig, Crowlista
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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feannadh-builg
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[fjɑ̃n̪əɣbu̟liɡʹ] Quotation: a’ deanamh feannadh-builg. Notes: a method of skinning a rabbit or even a sheep (?). A hole was made in the skin. The person doing the skinning would then blow through the hole forcing the skin to rise from the carcase.
Origin: Uig, Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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là
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Quot.: Là Martainn Builg. Note: St. Swithin’s Day. (Put also under Màrtainn and bolg.)
Origin: [Ness]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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maide builg
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[stabilisers on outside.]
Location: Harris, Kyles Stockinish
Category: Togail Bhàtaichean / Boat-Building
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maide-builg
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bilge-keel.
Location: [Harris], Leverburgh
Category: Togail Bhàtaichean / Boat-Building
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siochaire-builg
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pithless puffed up character.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
