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[ceàrd]
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[kʹ[ɑo]rd] tinker.
Origin: Kill-Fhinn
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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bana-chardan
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Gypsy women, tinker womenfolk.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bana-cheird
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[bɑ˖nəçɛ̣ʂt̪] Notes: a tinker woman.
Location: Mull
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dubh
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Notes: the colour black; or dark. Also used to describe a black-guard and the works of darkness, e.g. “Ian dubh Cearr (Kerr) / Cha do rinn an ceard / Na dh’fhaodadh e.” The black-guard John Kerr / The tinker did not do what he could.
Origin: West Lewis [the location given on the slips]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dèidheinn
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two forelegs fetter [for] horses to prevent wandering. Deidheann air each a cheàird (tinker) ach cha deidheann air a cheàrd fhein.
Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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rian
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Quotation: Cha ghabhadh e rian, ’S cha ghabhadh e sion, ’S ’nuair chunnaic iad sin, ’Spion iad anam as. Notes: advice. Supposed to have been said by a tinker in regard to an unruly member of the tribe. Rian – way, means. Chan eil rian agam air a sin a dheanamh.
Origin: West Lewis [the location given on the slips]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgrios
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Quotation: Sgrios obainn gu robh ort! Notes: heard one tinker wife say this to another when chiding her for drinking all the milk they had just got.
Location: Ross-shire, Dornie, Kilillan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stànair
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a tinker.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
