-
cianaran cro
-
monster that flew with St. Ronan from Eurobay to N. Rona.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
ciuthach
-
a monster taking the shop [sic] [shape?] of a man. “Chan eil ann ach ciuthach de dhuine.”
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
clonstar
-
monster. (Scalpay)
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
fìor
-
adj. ‘true’: ~ òinseach do dhuine [MAE]; bha e na ~ bhruidhinn aca aire sin, an Loch Ness monster; dh’fhairgheadh e __ a’ chailleach, mas fh., gur i a bh’ ann a’ cnagadh nan
cnò
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
-
maruisg
-
an ogre, man-eating monster.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
moscaid (c – hard sound)
-
monster. [See mosgaid.] I think this is a better spelling as to the pronunciation.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
mosgaid
-
(also) monster. Thog e mosgid [sic] mhor cloiche gu fhiachail orm.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
seilch (an t-)
-
Quotation: Beiridh an t-seilch ort (used by mothers as threat to children who ventured too near loch with water-lilies). Notes: Not in Dw. Monster reputed to live in lochs on which water-lily grows. It was supposed to suck people down into the loch. Cf. seilcheag ‘snail’. Scots selchie, a kind of enchanted seal.
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
tabaist
-
monster, wild beast.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
torar (m)
-
a monster.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
-
ùsp (m)
-
monster.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
