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Tha an toiseach
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an expression exclusive to the south end of South Uist, meaning that you do not believe what you are hearing. For example someone could be telling a tall story and you would respond by saying the above phrase, letting the other person know that you did not believe him.
Location: South Uist, Smerclete
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[crannachan]
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[Churn. A tall round wooden vessel with a perforated lid (lumachan), through which the long handle of the churn-staff (loinid) entered.]
Origin: Skye
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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[pailt]
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Tha e pailt cho ard ruimsa [sic]. He is fully as tall as I.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ad-mholach
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Tall hat.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bodach-ròcais
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tall, thin person.
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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boganach
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tall grass that grew in marshy land. Used for thatching.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cabrach
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tall woman. Tha cabrach ann dhi.
Location: [Harris], Scalpaigh [Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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claighd
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a tall thin person.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cliobhaistear
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[klwvıʃtʹɑð] Note: as above [i.e. siobal], a tall thin person.
Origin: Carloway, Doune
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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clister
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a tall man, person.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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coirce geal
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As coirce mór – tall oats, suitable for sandy soil.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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cruigeal
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a rangy or bony animal (applied [to] the tall round-shouldered men).
Location: South Uist, Bornish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cròg
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Quotation: Calum na Cròige. Notes: this name was given to a person who had a reputation for telling tall stories. The derivation of Cròg is uncertain.
Location: Tiree, [Caolas? – one slip]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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crùlaist (-each)
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tall, lanky person.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuiseall
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tall, lanky person.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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d rabhardach
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[uine] man who tells tall tales.
Location: Na Hearadh [Harris], Cluer
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality
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duine rocalach
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a tall but stocky, chubby man. [NOTES: ‘rocalach’ corrected to ‘rogalach’.]
Location: South Uist, Stoneybridge
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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duine ràbhardach
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maker up of tall tales.
Location: Harris, Sgarastamhor
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality
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eadh
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Quotation: Dé an eadh a th’ort? Notes: How tall are you?
Location: Achlyness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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farsaing
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Storaidhnean farsaing – tall stories.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fianach
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[fĩɤ̃ṉɑx] Note: tall grass growing on the moor. Cattle eat it.
Origin: Ness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fianach
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[fĩɤ̃ṉɑx] Note: tall moorland grass, usually growing in soft places. Liked by cattle.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gigealtach
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a tall clumsy male. Gigealtach mór fada.
Location: [Harris], Scalpaigh [Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gliogaire
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a loosely dressed tall thin person.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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lòidsichean
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[ˈlɔ:dʃiçən] Notes: yarns, tall stories.
Location: Applecross
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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mor
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tall.
Origin: [Ross-shire]
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality
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muicealan
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[muixʹkʹln] tall plant used for feeding.
Location: Glen Lyon
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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oll
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big, great (tall, etc.); òigfhear oll; oll-ghuthach – loud voiced; compar. oille. (“o” acute short, not “ow”, E. and S. always before ll, nn)
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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peile caol
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a narrow, tall pail holding double that of the the peile beag [q.v.].
Origin: Leodhas [Lewis], Uig
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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rabht
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[r[ɑu̟]t̪] Quotation: Na bi ag innse na rabhtan sin. Notes: a tall yarn. (Dw. – idle or nonsensical talk.)
Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rolaisteach
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someone who tells tall stories.
Origin: Barra
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality
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ròlaisd
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Notes: a tall yarn.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ròlaisdeach
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Quotation: duine ròlaisdeach. Notes: yarn spinner. Ròlaisd: tall yarn.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ròlaisteach
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spinner of yarns, tall tales etc.
Origin: [Note: From North Uist, information from Alex O’Henley / RÓM 4 Dec 2023]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ròlaistean
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tall tales.
Location: [South Uist], Daliburgh (Schoolhouse)
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ròp
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Quotation: Na bi ’g innse na ròpan. Notes: tall yarns.
Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seangaire
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[ʃĩŋɡəðə] Notes: a tall, skinny person.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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searrastair
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Note: a very tall man.
Origin: [Barvas]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seibheilteach
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tall man.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris,Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sguain
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tall female.
Location: [Harris], Scalpaigh [Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sguaine
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a tall female.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris,Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sibeal
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a tall person.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sibeal
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tall man.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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sifeir
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a tall thin man.
Location: Killearn
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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singilte
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Note: tall and thin.
Location: Harris, Quidinish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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singilte
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Duine singilte. – A tall man and very, very slender.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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siobal
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[ʃibəɫ] Quot.: “siobal fada de dhuine”. Note: a tall thin person.
Origin: Carloway, Doune
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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siofair
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a tall man.
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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slaod
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a tall, lazy person always with his hands in his pockets.
Location: North Uist, Grèinatobht [Grenitote]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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splioghaire
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[splwɣəðə] Note: a tall, bony man.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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spliongaire
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[splw̃ŋɡəðə] Notes: a tall thin man.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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spriullag ortsa
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a light-hearted phrase applied to someone who has been pulling your leg or telling tall stories.
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stall
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nn ‘stall’ : beòthach ùr ga cheannach ‘s dh’fhaodte e ‘-staigh san tall [t hal]
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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stealladair
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Notes: (Keose) tall rank weed with white blossom. Different shades of green in the branches or meuran. Is the name descriptive of the showering of seed? Not in Dw.
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stàrr
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Note: tall grass growing in lochs.
Origin: Kershader
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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taigh a’ bhainne
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The milk house. A small bothy built of drystone and thatched. It had no window and this kept the milk and cream delightfully cold in hot summer weather. ‘Tigh a’ bhainne’ had a press or cupboard where milk vessels were kept. Here the housewife kept her ‘crannachan’ or churn, a tall round wooden vessel with its perforated lid, or ‘lumachan’, through which the long handle of the ‘loinid’ (churn-staff) entered. Here, too, she kept her ‘crog’ of butter with its immaculately white skin covering called ‘imideal’, and ‘fiodhan’ [q.v.], a wooden receptacle, where cheese was made.
Origin: Skye
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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talamh tall
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Rough, almost untillable land.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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tràthach
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tall grass that grows with iris. Used along with iris for thatching purposes.
Location: South Uist, Stoneybridge
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tràthach
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Note: mown hay being cured. “Tràthach altanach” – grass which is tall and has “joints” in it.
Origin: Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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àrd
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tall and slim.
Origin: Tiriodh [Tiree]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
