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[general sayings or proverbs 10]
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An oiteag luaineach feadh nam bruach tha gluasad barr an fheòir.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather
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garadh
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Quotation: Coltach ris a’ chailleach a thug seachd bliadhna ga garadh fhein, nuair a chaidh i a mach thug aon oiteag air falbh i. Notes: toasting oneself at the fire. See oiteag.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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oiteag
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Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Sìde / Weather
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oiteag
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Notes: puff, light gust of wind in summer that dies out quickly.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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oiteag
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Quotation: Coltach ris a’ chailleach a thug seachd bliadhna ’ga garadh fhéin; nuair a chaidh i a mach thug aon oiteag air falbh i. Notes: puff of wind. (A man who had painstakingly amassed a fortune and blew it at one go, or who died and his sons squandered it.)
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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oiteag
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[ɛtʹɑɡ] Notes: gust of wind.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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oiteag
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a gust.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather
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oiteag (f)
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could also be a whirlwind as experienced at springtime and harvest-time.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather
