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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Location: Arran, Pirnmill
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: ([Canada], Inverness Co.) – Roman Catholic or (Lochaber – [Canada], Inverness Co.) – Roman Catholic or (Skye – [Canada], Inverness and Victoria? Co.’s) – Protestant
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: Assynt, Stoer
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: Barra
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: Barra
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: Inverness-shire, Nethy Bridge
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: [Skye, Camus Chroise]
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: [Skye], Gleanndail [Glendale]
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: [in the card index: Islay, Ballygrant] [the questionnaire gives Earraghaidhiell but it is most probably meant as the county not origin]
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
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Origin: [the questionnaire gives Ross-shire but it is most probably meant as the county not origin]
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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Diardaoin Shearmoin
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in Church of Scotland this was a feast day after which the Communion weekend began.
Location: South Uist, South Lochboisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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Feill Cridh’ Uile Naomh Iosa
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Feast of Sacred Heart (Friday after second Sunday after Pentecost).
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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Feill Naomh Iosaph
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St. Joseph’s Feast (19th March).
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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La Feill Moire Mathair Dhe
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Feast of Motherhood of Our Lady (January 1st).
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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La Feill an Teaghlaich Naoimh
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Feast of the Holy Family (Sunday in Octave of Christmas).
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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La Fheill Chriosda an Righ
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Feast of Christ the King (last Sunday before Advent).
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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La Fheill Moire a Ghineadh gun Smal
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Feast of Immaculate Conception (8th December).
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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Latha nan tri righrean
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Feast of the Visit of the 3 Kings, 6th January.
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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Là nan trì rìghrean
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Feast of Epiphany, 6th January, visit of the 3 Kings.
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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Oidhche Choinnle
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the eve of a certain church feast day. I forget which. Duan: Oidhche choinnle, oidhche shonais, / Oidhch air am bi… / So an tigh ’s a bheil mo gnothuch / ’S chan eil romham dol ’n as fhaide. (Possibly you can find someone to fill in the blanks.)
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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a chàisg
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[sic] Easter, feast of Eggs.
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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biatachd
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a little feast. Martin calls it ‘ocean feast’.
Location: Killearn
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuilm
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feast.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuirm
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a feast. MacCodrum has ‘cuilm’. Dioscorides says that the ancestors of the Britons drank a strong liquor made of barley which they call ‘curmi’. So the word has come down to our time and whisky now so called is an ancient beverage.
Location: Killearn
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuirm
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feast.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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leurach
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“The marriage customs were these: When a young pair had got through the leurach, or contract, and had agreed to get married with the consent of their relatives, a night was appointed for the reite, when the friends met and a feast was prepared, of which all were hearty partakers.” (page 199)
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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odaigh
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going back to the Feast Days when horse racing was a prominent activity. This word means a horse race.
Location: North Uist, Iollaraigh [Illeray]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rèic
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glutton; feast.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ròic
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[rɔ:çc] Quotation: Bha ròic againn air buntàta is sgadan. Notes: a feast.
Location: Skye, Breakish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ròic
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feast.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ròic
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Notes: a feast.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ròiseal
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a feast.
Location: Skye, Bernisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seab
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feast. [NOTES: word added on the title page.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Biadh is Deoch / Food and Drink
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seóin
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[ʃo:nʹ] Quot.: “Rinn e seóin air an fheòil.” Note: [He] made a feast of the meat.
Origin: Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seóin
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[ʃo:nʹ] Quot.: Rinn e [ʃo:nʹ] air a’ bhrot. Note: He made a feast of it.
Origin: [Barvas]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sollais
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[soɫɑʃ] Quot.: “Ghabh e sollais dheth.” Note: He ate a lot of it. Also: “Rinn e sollais air.” – He made a feast of it.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sèb
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feast.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tìr bhuana
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celebration feast at the end of harvesting.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ùrtan/òrtan/nòrtan
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Quotation: Ma fhuair thu nòrtan man càch / Chan fhaca ban-nabaidh càil: / Carson nach tug thu gloine làn / Ga b’ann dh’an an fhaoileig. Notes: At this ‘ceremony’, after the birth of a child, it was customary to offer whisky and e.g. biscuits and cheese. Dw. has urstan ‘feast when a child is born – Lewis.’
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
