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caoibean (E)
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[The first five or six inches of warp uncrossed by the weft at the beginning of the web.] Feuch caoibean. Nuair a bhiodh na mnathan a luadh agus a thigeadh firionnach a steach do an chuideachd chanadh iad: “Nì e caoibean dhuinn.” “Nì Tormod caoibean dhuinn.” (Cha b’ann leis a’ ghruaim a chanadh iad seo.) (Fuaimnich: caoidh' agus bean.)
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Obair na Clòimhe / Wool-Working
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caoidh
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vbl nn ‘lament’: rinn am fear seo òran a’ ~ gun deachaidh seo air adhart
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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caoidh
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Quotation: “A’ caoidh an gàir a rinn thu ’n uiridh.”
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fuil na bothaig
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Na bothaig neo na bothaig mhara (not a plant of course) – blood of the lark or
sea-lark being taken. Disease: asthma (sac, caoidh). Part used / How prepared: le [?] small
quantities, in drops I would imagine… Drinking some of it, a little now and again, I
presume. Sources of information: traditionally.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Blàthan-Leighis / Medicinal Plants
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gàir
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Quotation: A’ caoidh an gàir a rinn thu ’n uiridh.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
