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goileach
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Quotation: Nigh do léine ann an goileach an uillt. Notes: the ‘swirl’ of the stream. Not in Dw.
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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goileach-gaoith (beag)
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made with a small potato and strong feathers. The feathers were stuck in at all angles and it was thrown in a fairly strong wind.
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig
Category: Cur-seachadan: Dèideagan, Geamaichean is Farpaisean / Recreation: Toys, Games, Contests
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logais
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Note: duine goileach, na cheum ’s na chruth.
Origin: Swainbost
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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toinneadh
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Bha iad an uair sin [i.e. after corcadh q.v.] a’ cur connlaich air a’ chlosaich agus a’ doirteadh bùrn goileach oirre. ’Se ‘toinneadh’ a bh’aca air an seo. (Fuaimnich ‘toinneadh’ mar ‘boinneadh’.) As déidh sin bha iad ’ga séibhigeadh leis an ràsar.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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uninean
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[sic] Onion. Disease: sore throat (amhaich ghoirt). Part used: the lot, peeled and
broken up, and put in boiling water in a bowl and the steam coming off it inhaled. Inhaling –
am bial fosgailte os cionn uinnean ann am burn goileach. How prepared: boiled, infused –
could be used likewise, ground up as a poultice – not necessary). Sources of information: my
mother.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Blàthan-Leighis / Medicinal Plants
