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am bòcan
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the ghost. (?)
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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am bòcan
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the ghost. (?)
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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am bòcan
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the ghost.
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bòcan
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nn ‘apparition’ : ‘s e ~ gàbhaidh a tha sna skidoos seo
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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bòcan
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Notes: a ghost, a spectre.
Location: Ross-shire, Dornie, Morvich
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bòcan
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Quotation: Bòcan a mheadhoin-latha. Notes: believed there was a mid-day evil spirit.
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bòcan
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[bɔ:kɑn] Notes: heard this used by some people for a ball. Usually used in a non-serious way.
Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fuadh
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something to frighten, in other words bòcan. [SLIP: Something to frighten a person. – similar to ‘bòcan’.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gàbhaidh
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adj. ‘awful, terrible’: cho ~ foghainneach 's a bha e; tha sìde ~ aca; chan eil i cho ~ fuar ri seo; dh’atharraich an saoghal ~; ‘s e bòcan ~ a tha sna skidoos seo
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
