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Am buidhe ròpa
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So an ròpa a tha ceangal a’ phuta ri cluasan da lion. Innsidh de an àirde aig am bi an sùlaire ri sgéith mus teid e air a cheann gu de am fad a leigeas iad am buidhe ropa mus ceangail iad ris an lion e. Mu bhios an sulaire ri seoladh ard tha an sgadan domhainn.
Origin: [Lewis], Dail a Tuath or [Lewis], Suaineabost [Swainbost] or [Lewis], Lional
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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[piantaiche]
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’Se piantaiche a th’anns an t-sùlaire. – Cho cruaidh ’sa tha e ag obair.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bualadh an t-sùlaire
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collective name for the dive of a gannet.
Location: South Uist, West Kilbride
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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itheadh-an-t-sùlaire
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gluttonous eating, down the gullet in a jiffy. [NOTES: slipped under ‘ith’ and under ‘sùlair’ with ‘itheadh an t-sùlaire’ as the quotation. Definition: Gluttonous eating.]
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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slugadh an t-sùlaire
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the swallowing of the solan goose (lit.).
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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sùlaire
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Notes: gannet.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sùlaire (m), sùlairean
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[pl] gannet.
Origin: [Tiree]
Category: Eòin Thiriodh / Birds of Tiree
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sùlaire is guga
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Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
