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[gaoth]
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Gaoth gu bhi uamhasach mor, àrd is tioram – tuath, an iar-thuath (déireadh September, toiseach October).
Origin: Mull, Tobermory
Category: Sìde / Weather
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craos
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Quotation: Chan eil air an aois ach a thigeil (sic) air a’ chraois (sic). Notes: Mack.’s genders tend to be eccentric. Source: Angus MacKenzie, Burncrook, Bayble, Lewis. Date: October 1970.
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cìob (f)
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[kind of seaweed.] Reddish in colour and most often found in October. Grows on actual rock. Takes a long time in rotting due to cold weather (winter-time). Good for potatoes.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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flagais
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[fɫɑɡiʃ] Notes: after a heavy haul of cuddies/saithe in October, a trench was dug and alternate layers of cuddies and peat dross were put into it. This was covered with turf divots. Renewed in late spring and put on lea land where corn was to be sown. This trench was called “flagais”.
Location: Coll, Sorrisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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geallach an abaichidh
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seen in mid October. Distinct since it was lower than in the other seasons.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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niùgail
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Notes: small (glass) marble. Not in Dw. Source: Angus MacKenzie, Burncrook, Bayble, Lewis. Date: October 1970.
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ro-spors
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Quotation: ’Sann a bha iad ga dhèanamh le ro-spors. Notes: ‘show-off’. Both o’s short. Heavy accent on second part of word. Not in Dw. Source: John MacArthur (Bayble, Lewis). Date: October 1970.
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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roill
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Notes: used of strong-smelling ooze from fish which has been lying for a time (even a few hours). Also of thick spittle at cow’s mouth. Hence roilleach. Dw. has ròil ‘slaver’ (from DMy, Lewis). Also roille-chraos ‘slavering mouth’. Source: heard in conversation with Murdo Ferguson of Portvoller, Lewis. Date: 10/05/1969. (Also John MacArthur, Bayble – October 1970)
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sacanaich
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Quot.: “sacanaich na Samhna”. Note: Indian summer. Warm period in October. (Put also under Samhainn.)
Origin: Ness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
