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bodach n.

‘old man’: pl. bodaich, aig na bodaich [nə pɔtiç] sgallte [skɑʁ̫t ́ə].

Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Inverness County, Broad Cove Chapel
Category: Seosamh Watson collection notebook date: Jan-May 1991

A’ dol air a’ chois-chaoil

A’ dol sìos gu math (a’ teireachduinn ’s a’ caitheamh). Mar a thuirt am bodach mu an fhodair nuair a bha e ruith sìos gu math: “Tha e dol air a’ chois-chaoil.”

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Latha nam Bodach

Question Day.

Location: Arran, Pirnmill
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms

[Seanfhacal 71]

’Nuair a dh’fhalbhas am fodar togaidh am bodach an gàradh.

Location: North Uist, Carinish, Cnoc Cuidhein [Knockquien]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[baile]

Agus airson ‘Am bheil grunnd agad?’ ’se a chanadh e [i.e. am bodach mentioned in the explanation of ‘fanga’ above] ‘Am bheil baile agad?’

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[bata]

Ceann caol a’ bhata. “Thàinig am bodach as ar déidh agus gréim aige air ceann caol a’ bhata.”

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[bodach Port-a’-Chuilinn]

“Bheir e a bhàn iad.” “Is ann a chara.” Bodach Port-a’-Chuilinn cha chreid mi nach canadh easan cuideachd “’s ann a chara”. Agus bhiodh aige ri na balaich a bhiodh a’ tarruing as aig na faingean aig an taca “A Bhugari” airson “A Bhugairean” againne. “Anns an t-seasaidh” chanadh e ri “anns an t-seasamh”. Agus mar sin. Ach ’se bhodach còir a bh’ann. Fad a bheatha còmhla ri na cìobairean. ’S iomadh rud a chunnaic e agus a thachair ris. Ach cha chreid mi gu robh aon nàmhaid aige aig là a bhàis. Mar a bha mi ’g innse dhuibh b’e seanair Anna a bha agaibh fhéin ’na h-oileanach. “An Tàileach” a chanadh iad ris.

Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[bodach]

Is e a chuireadh am bodach a fear a bhiodh teann. It would drive the meanness out of a miser (Whisky).

Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[bràth]

Balach òg is e ri fàs / Dh’itheadh e mar mheileadh bràth / Mar thìreadh bodach air an àth / Mar dh’fhuinneadh cailleach ann an clàr.

Location: [Lewis], Leurbost
Category: Muileann Lochlannach / Norse Mill

[bàirneach]

An leigheas a bh’aig seann mhuinntir Uig an Iar againne air bòcadh an éisg. Naoi naoidheannan de bhàirnich mhóra nan Eileanan Flannach ithe. Bha bodach anns a’ bhaile againne – chaochail e ann an earrach 1934 – agus cha b’urrainn e iasg á fairge ithe ach a’ bhiorach (dogfish). Bha iad ’ga bhòcadh. Chan aithne dhomh gu’n d’fheuch e an seann leigheas a riamh. Có dhiù bha miann a chridhe aige air na h-éisg, agus nach b’urrainn dha blasad orra. Gnothach duilich.

Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[ceann]

Bhiodh e [i.e. am bodach who is mentioned as the source of the word ‘fanga’ above (p. 1.)] a’ cantuinn, cuideachd, ri balaich-bhitheadh agus ri daoine-móra: “Ma nì thu siod no seo” no “Mur a dean thu siod no seo, ’se do cheann is ball coise dhuit.” (Cha b’e “ball-coise dhuit”.)

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[crann]

a’ dol a chrann, a’ cur a chrann – casting lots. Casting lots in Barrapol, Tiree was used most commonly in the dividing-up of seaweed on the shore amongst the township crofters. Two bodaich would draw aside from the group. One felt his pockets for objects (e.g. a pipe, a knife, a penny, etc.) and the other decided which lot each object represented. Then the first bodach held the objects in the palm of his hand for picking. Never more than ½ doz lots.

Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture

[crodh]

Crodh laoigh nam bodach x 3 / ’S iad a togail ri gleann. / Ma tha, mo thogair x 3 / Chan eil mo chrodh ann. (sung)

Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[cusg]

[Kenneth MacDonald in the letter of 9 January 1967:] Seachdain no dhà air ais, fhuair sinn pasgan eile de dh’fhaclan Uigeach bho dh’fhear an aon ainm ruibh fhéin – Murchadh MacLeòid, a tha ’na mhaighstir-sgoile ann an Cinntire. B’e am [sic] rud a chuir e thugainn an t-ainm a th’aig muinntir Chàirisiadar air fear an “Artificial Insemination” – “Bodach na cusg”. An cuala sibh fhéin riamh am facal “cusg”, no an urrainn dhuibh mineachadh ’sam bith a thoirt air? [Mr MacLeod’s reply:] Murchadh MacLeòid Chinntire, Murchadh a’ Ghobha a tha mi an dùil a th’ann. Mo dheagh charaid, uaireigin. Cha’n fhaca mi e bho shamhradh 1948. Tha mi tuigsinn gur h-ann ann an Southend an Cinntire a tha e. Mor, no Murdo, a’ Ghobha a chanas sinne ris. Duine dòigheil a tha ’n sin. Duine snog. (…) Mu ghnothach an A.I. Tha na facail “cusp” agus “cusag” ann. Tha iad sìos anns na faclairean. Cha chanainn nach e aon dhiubh seo a tha ann an “cusg”. (…) Agus am facal sin a nuas, agus air mhaiseann [?] ann an Càirisiadair. Anns na Bàigh. Chan eil fhios ’am an cuala sibh a riamh mu Sgoil Dhubh nam Bàgh. Bidh Ruaridh am profeasar air cluinntinn mu a dheidhinn, chanainn. Chan eil am facal “cusg” againne idir. [Letter dated 04/05/1967:] Bho phiuthar eile thall an Crabhlastadh againn fhìn, fhuair mi mu dheidhinn “cusg” (Bodach na Cusg). Is ann air pìob-stillidh a bha cusg aca anns na Bàigh (seòrsa de rudeigin mar pìob-stillidh, có dhiù). Is iomadh uair a rinn sinn mallachadh agus blaigeardachd air bodaich leis a’ phìob-stillidh (eileamaid airson bùrn a thilgeadh). Tha mi cinnteach gu’m biodh balaich shuas taobh na Comraich ris an aon seòrsa oibreach. (Na Bàigh: ’se sin Càirisiadar, Géisiadair, Ungisiadair, agus Éineacleit.)

Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[daga-phort]

[Kenneth MacDonald in the letter of 9 January 1967:] Seachdain no dhà air ais, fhuair sinn pasgan eile de dh’fhaclan Uigeach bho dh’fhear an aon ainm ruibh fhéin – Murchadh MacLeòid, a tha ’na mhaighstir-sgoile ann an Cinntire. (…) B’e facal eile a bh’aige “an daga-phot” air a chleachdadh mar seo: “Tha an t-aran seo cho cruaidh ris an daga-phot.” A bheil fhios agaibh dé idir as ciall dha’n an fhacal seo? [Mr MacLeod’s reply:] Murchadh MacLeòid Chinntire, Murchadh a’ Ghobha a tha mi an dùil a th’ann. Mo dheagh charaid, uaireigin. Cha’n fhaca mi e bho shamhradh 1948. Tha mi tuigsinn gur h-ann ann an Southend an Cinntire a tha e. Mord, no Murdo, a’ Ghobha a chanas sinne ris. Duine dòigheil a tha ’n sin. Duine snog. (…) Ach am fear-sa, “an daga-phot”. Is e an daga-phort a bh’againne air.  (Tha mi fhìn agus Mord a’ Ghobha 3½ mile bho chèile.) Mìneachadh air an fhacal, no dé mar a dh’éirich e? Chan eil nì cinnteach sam bith agam. Dh’fhaodadh gu robh comhcheangal aige ri daga, agus dh’fhaodadh nach robh. Chuala mi aig bodach ’sa bhaile uaireigin (agus bhiodh am facal sin aca): “Cho cruaidh ris an deilg na bhìotaidh.” (vee’tee) Agus b’e seo saoilidh mi, an tignum-vitae, am fiodh air leth cruaidh. ’Se am fiodh-sa a bhitheadh a’ dol ann an roithleinean nan ulagan (block sheaves) séibhichean nam blocaichean, mar a chanadh na bodaich. Agus abair a bhith cruaidh de an fhiodh sin! (Faic mu’n fhiodh-sa ’s na leabhraichean fiosrachaidh.) Nise mu’n daga-phort, tha facal Laidinn eile ag éirigh rium, agus dh’fhaodadh gu robh comhcheangal air choireigin aige ris an daga (am facal): aqua-fortis. Dh’fhaodadh gu robh, agus dh’fhaodadh nach robh. Sin na th’agam mu an daga-phort, mur a tionndaidh nì sam bith an àirde.

Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[sguab]

“Rinn e cleas na sguaba orra.” – Sguab e an làr leotha, ann an sabaid. Chuala mi bodach uair ag radh agus sabaid mhór cheàrdaichean air a bhith ann an Steòrnabhagh, “Mac Bob Newland”, arsa esan, “rinn e cleas na sguaba orra.”

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[siol-ghainmheach / sìol-ghainmheach]

Chunnaic mi am prògram “A Boy in Harris” air an T.V. an oidhche roimhe, agus chòrd e rium. (…) Ach a nise gu aon nì anns a’ phrògram do’n d’thug mi an aire – marbhadh nan siol, no glacadh nan siol (an t-siol-ghainmheach mar a chanas sinn) leis a’ chorran anns an tràigh. Obh, obh is iomadh ceud a ghlac an làmh a tha sgrìobhadh na litreach-sa. Anns an Fhadhail Mhóir aig Crabhlastadh, an Sgìr Uige againn fhìn, ann an Leòdhas. Am boirionnach Hearach a’ sgrìobadh leis a’ chorran anns an tràigh (air an tràigh thioraim). Chuala mi iad a’ deanamh nì de’n t-seòrsa-sa a ghlacadh na sìl air Na Ceithir Peighinn Deug an ceann shìos na Sgìre againn fhìn (Uig Leòdhais) a’ sgrìobadh le croman, no le hoe, air an tràigh thioraim. Cha’n fhaca mi a leithid shuas againn fhìn a riamh. Nì ach an corran anns an fhadhail. Bha an corran shìol air a dheanamh de’n chorran mhór. Bha an gob far an robh e dol na bu doimhne na bhith réidh ris an làimh, air a ghearradh dheth, agus am faobhar air a mhadadh gus nach gearradh e na sìolan mar a ghlacaist iad. Bhiodh cuid a’ toirt seòrsa de dh’fhiaclan anns a’ chorran shìol. Chunnaic mi a dhà dhiubh seo (corrain shiol) nuair a bha mi shuas aig an tigh air an t-samhradh-sa fhéin. Bidh cuimhne agaibh gu robh corran eile aig na bodaich: corran-speal. Bha e mar seo: [see third illustration below]. Is e arm eagalach a bha seo. Bha cùl air an iarunn aige mar air iarunn na speala agus bhiodh sibh ga ghleusadh le cloich-speal. Bha e mór seach corran cumanta. Seo a nise mar a bhithist a’ glacadh nan sìol leis a’ chorran-shiol anns an Fhadhail Mhóir shuas aig Crabhlastadh, ann an Uig Leòdhais. A’ tòiseachadh ann an seo [i.e. àite tòiseachaidh in the illustration] agus a’ gabhail air aghaidh. Bha peile-mór ceangailte le sreing ri do mheadhon. Peile-mór a’ cheàird no peile suinc. No peile-caol a’ cheàird (chan eil easan a’ dol an diugh idir). Bha thu a’ tòiseachadh na sgrìoba mar bu trice thugad. An uair sin a’ tionndadh a’ chorrain agus a’ toirt na sgrìoba bhuat. Mar sin a’ gabhail air d’adhart gu’n tachradh sìol riut. No beathach beag neimheil eile. Biast na Fadhlach, mar a chanas fear Chrabhlastaidh rithe. Iasg beag airgiodach ann an dath ’s an sgeilm, agus gathan neimheil innte. An stangaran a tha mi an dùil a chanas an Hearach rithe. (Ri siol air leth mór canaidh sinne an Uig gobag rithe. Dé a chanas an Hearach chan eil fhios agam.) Ma bhios tu airson cuideachadh air glacadh nan siol a shealltuinn uair sam bith, cha dean e deifir foighneachd mu an chùis do Mhurchadh. Bha Murchadh ris an obair sin mu na siolan bho bha e òg ’s a’ dol do an sgoil gus an a dh’fhàs e ’na dhuine agus a’ dol leis an lìon-bheag. (Siol as fheàrr airson cnòdan, agus là grianach nach bi ro fhuar. Is e luga as fheàrr airson na h-adaige. Sin gliocas agus léirsinn nam bodach a bha sean nuair a bha Murchadh òg.) Cha chanainn gu bheil móran lìon-bhig ’ga dheanamh ri cladaichean na Hearadh an diugh. Is e glé bheag dheth a tha ri cladaichean Uige an diugh mar an ceudna. Tha sabhs air na siolan air leth math, cuideachd. Agus tha iad air leth blasda mar bhiadh, agus air leth tacmhor. Cha tig acras air duine air luathair [?] as déidh feed de na siolan. A thaobh sealladh air lìonmhorachd, cha chreid mi nach e sealladh air an t-sil-ghainmhich anns a’ bhàgh againn fhín (Camus Uige) a dhleasas a’ cheud àite. Cia mheud mìle, no cia mheud muillion dhiubh seo a bh’ann? Agus faoileag is biorach air am muin [?], as an déidh, gu’n robh iad a’ leum ’nan sgaothan as an uisge, airson teàrnaidh, ged nach bu mhór an ciall. Bha dùil ’am gu robh bleideagan an t-sneachda ann an lìonmhorachd gu leòir. Bha dùil agam sin, gus an siod. Is iomadh rud a chì am fear a bhios air an dùthaich nach fhaic fear a’ chabhsair luim! Dà nì a chunnaic mi-fhín le mo shùilean aig sìol ’ga dheanamh: Chunnaic mi siol (te mhath mhór) a’ snàmh cho neo-lochdach, ma b’fhior, am measg cliath de chudaigean òga (siol chudaig) agus an uair a b’fheàrr ’s a b’fheàrr a bhiodh na creutaran bochda, bheireadh i tè as agus dh’itheadh i i. A rithist, uair eile, chunnaic mi sìol a’ gabhail na h-ite a bhiodh againn ag iola (fly-fishing). Sin agad ma tha na rudan a chì duine nuair a bhios e muigh, agus a shùilean fosgailte.

Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[stòlda]

Bodach stòlda – for a child who talks like an adult. Cailleach stòlda – for a girl who talks like an adult.

Origin: Barra
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality

[taing]

“Chan eil mi ’na taing.” ’S iongantach mur a h-eil i seo anns a [sic] [h-uile?] h-àit. Co dhiù: Tormod ri Dòmhnull: “Bheir am bodach mor dhuit an nighean aige airson an rud math a nì thu ris.” Dòmhnull: “Chan eil mi ’na taing.” (Tha t’éile aige no tha gu leòir eile aige.)

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[tual-fhadan]

“Thàinig mi ’na mo thual-fhadan chun an teine”, arsa am bodach leis an flu. Cha b’ann gu math a bha am bodach idir. (Chan fhaca mi riamh ‘tual-fhadan’ sgrìobhte.)

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

[òrdag]

Bodach mór na ‘fanga’ a rithist [i.e. am bodach who is mentioned as the source of the word ‘fanga’ above (p. 1.)]. Nuair nach biodh tombaca aige agus a bheireadh duine dha pìos, theireadh e, “Piseach air an òrdaig ’s an còrr air a’ chorraig, ’s fheàrr seo na na fhuair sinn a riamh.”

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

an tràsg

“Cho aotrom ris an tràsg”, chanadh am bodach mór. Bha e latha a’ bruidhinn mu cheusadh Chrìosda, agus thuirt e, “Chuir iad an crann air a mhuin agus dh’fhalbh e leis cho aotrom ris an tràsg”. Dé a bh’ann an tràsg? Bho dh’fhalbh am bodach, bha mi iomadh uair a’ smaoineachadh air. C’arson nach d’ fhoighnich mi dheth fhad’s a bha am bodach beo? Cha robh guth air a leithid an uair sin. An diugh tha mi tighinn uair is uair thuige gu’m faod gur h-e a’ chonnlach a bhiodh iad a’ cur air an àth nuair a bhiodh iad a’ tìoradh a bh’ann. Faic sràbhag. An t-sràbhag. Dh’fhaodadh aig cuid gur h-e ‘sràbhasg’ a bhiodh airson ‘sràbhag’, agus gun d’thàinig e gu sràsg, srà(bh)sg. Tha mi deanamh a mach a’ chonnlach a bha seo gu’m biodh i air leth aotrom mu’s biodh an tìoradh seachad. (Dh’fhaodadh gur h-e dìreach an tràsg a bh’ann. (Faic tràsgadh.))

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

balg meadhon

“Bha sinn a’ dol ’n ar lùibean a’ gàireachdaich agus am bodach a null air an droichid ’s grèim aige air bhalg meadhon air a’ cheàrd.” (Tuigidh sibh fhéin.)

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Quotation: uilleadh nam bodach. Notes: cod liver oil.

Location: Tiree
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

a bottle of whisky. Leth bodach – a half bottle.

Location: South Uist, South Lochboisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

wee cod. Not referred to in Scalpay as the cod species, but that’s does [sic] mean it’s wrong to use it solely, as the adjective come with it in Scalpay, perhaps there are some who use it when referring to fish. ’S docha gu faigh sinn bodach. – I think this phrase is more attributable to ‘Skye’? Rèbeanach [q.v.] may have originated from reip ris a bhial aige?

Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Notes: a cod.

Location: Sutherland, Bettyhill, Swordly
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Quotation: A’ bhodaich bhochd! Notes: said to an old dog.

Location: Tiree, [Caolas? – one slip]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Notes: codfish. Usually old fish. Female – spent – referred to as cailleach.

Location: Tiree, [Caolas? – one slip]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Notes: scarecrow.

Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie, Blairmore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

fishing word referring to operations on R. Ness.

Location: Inverness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

old man, codling fish.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Quotation: bodach ròcaideach. Notes: scarecrow.

Location: Islay, Port Wemyss
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Notes: three sheaves standing.

Location: Invergarry, North Laggan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Quotation: ’S e ’n aon rud am bodach gibeach agus Iain MacDhùghaill. Notes: six and half a dozen.

Origin: Islay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

three legged wooden structure on which the creel is rested thus holding it level with the carrier’s back.

Origin: Lewis, Back or Lewis, Back
Category: Mòine / Peat-Working

bodach

Quotation: bodach-feannaig. Notes: scare-crow.

Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach

Notes: a stick placed behind the horse and attached to panniers on either side by lengths of rope to prevent them from swinging forward when the horse was descending a slope.

Origin: Skye, Torrin
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach (m)

Quotation: bodach eile! (tapag) bodach coin! Notes: Sometimes 1st word is 1 syll. – pres. this is the orig. form.

Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach bac

the first peat cut in each section of the bank.

Origin: Cataobh [Sutherland – probably meant as the county not origin]
Category: Mòine / Peat-Working

bodach baic

the first peat from the edge of the peat bank.

Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach bailc

a pompous person.

Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach dearg

Notes: rock cod. Cf. bodach ruadh.

Location: Tiree, [Caolas? – one slip]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach dubh

knapweed.

Location: Mull [see below for details]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach dubh

Location: Mull [see below for details]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach mór

full bottle.

Location: Eriskay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach ruadh

codfish.

Location: South Uist, Iochdar
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach ruadh

wee cod. Bodach ruadh beag ’s bodach ruadh mór.

Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach ruadh

[bɔd̪əx ɾu̜ɤ̈ɣ]

Location: North Argyll
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach ruadh

Notes: rock cod. Alternatively bodach dearg.

Location: Tiree, [Caolas? – one slip]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach ruadh

a roch [sic] cod.

Origin: [Kintyre, Tarbert]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach sgilidh

an instrument used for shelling grain.

Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach sgillinn!

Location: Na Hearadh [Harris], Horgabost
Category: Faireachdain / Senses

bodach sneachd

Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Sìde / Weather

bodach sneachd

Origin: Mull, Tobermory
Category: Sìde / Weather

bodach sneachda

Category: Sìde / Weather

bodach sneachda

Origin: Harris, Horgabost or Harris, Kyles Stockinish
Category: Sìde / Weather

bodach sàbhaidh

a potato with bits of wood stuck into it. Rotated when exposed to the wind.

Location: North Uist, Tigharry
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach sàthaidh

see saw.

Location: South Uist, Lochcarnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach!

Location: Na Hearadh [Harris], Horgabost
Category: Faireachdain / Senses

bodach-bac

Notes: 1st peat cut.

Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie, Blairmore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-bac

Notes: the outermost peat.

Origin: Assynt, Stoer
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-bac

Notes: outside peat.

Origin: Coigach
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-baic

Notes: outside peat.

Location: Skye, Kyleakin
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-baic

Notes: the outside peat.

Location: Raasay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-corra

One left over. A left over. An odd one.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-fhaoileag

scarecrow. (Scalpay) (as already noted) The above two terms [i.e. bodach-starraig and bodach-ròcais] are not so generally used on Scalpay but perhaps more associated with other areas.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-fhaoileag

scare-crow.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-na-Nollaige

Santa Claus.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-na-móintich

Notes: daddy long legs.

Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-peachd

Quotation: bodach-peachd (or pheachd). Notes: ‘top layer of peat.’ Source: James Graham, Raasay. Date: 1978.

Location: [see below]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-reòite

Icicle.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-ruadh

smaller russet bumble bee – “féilegan”.

Location: Inverness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-ruadh

Notes: rock cod or young cod.

Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-ruadh

Location: Ross-shire, Achiltibuie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-ruadh

size bigger than above [i.e. breac-luirigeannach?]; then [?] trosg.

Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-ròcais

scarecrow.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-ròcais

tall, thin person.

Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance

bodach-ròcais

Notes: scarecrow.

Origin: Glenurquhart
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-ròcais

Notes: scarecrow.

Origin: Sutherland, Embo
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-ròcas

Notes: scarecrow.

Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-sneachda

snowman.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-sneachda

Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather

bodach-sneachda

Origin: [Barra]
Category: Sìde / Weather

bodach-snèip

[bɔd̪ɑxsnʹɛ̃:p] Notes: scarecrow.

Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie, Oldshoremore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-snèip

Notes: a scarecrow.

Location: Sutherland, Bettyhill, Swordly
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-starraig

scarecrow.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-sàbhaidh

made with wood and a potato. It was balanced on the edge of a shelf and made to rock backwards and forwards. A well-made one could keep going for quite a while!

Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig
Category: Cur-seachadan: Dèideagan, Geamaichean is Farpaisean / Recreation: Toys, Games, Contests

bodach-sàbhaidh

Note: the figure of a man, its hands stretched out in front of it holding a stick which came down at an angle and passed under its feet. A potato, for balance, was stuck on its lower end. The man then was put standing on a line and it swayed backwards and forwards without toppling.

Origin: Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

bodach-sàbhaidh (E)

Cudthrom freagarrach sam bith dheanadh e a’ chùis. Nuair a chuireadh sibh am bodach air ghluasad, bheir e ùine mhór ag [?] air an t-sàbhadh mus stadadh e. Meud a’ bhodaich: 9", no na bu mhotha, an cumantas. E dèanta de fhiodh.

Origin: Leodhas [Lewis], Uig
Category: Cur-seachadan: Dèideagan, Geamaichean is Farpaisean / Recreation: Toys, Games, Contests

bodach-sìde

weather man; a pillar, concrete or brick pillar, on which dial is set to record the amount of sunshine; (can be) accessed to a day.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

cabar-sladhaig

Cabar a bhiodh aig na bodaich airson tughadh an tighe. Nuair a bhiodh am bodach gu h-ìosal air an tobhta chuireadh e an tughadh ceart leis a’ chabar-sladhaig far nach ruigeadh e-fhéin.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

comha-thràth

[ɡõə̃rɑ:] Quot.: “Beiridh an comha-thràth ort ma theid thu a mach an drasd.” Note: thought of by children as some sort of “bodach”.

Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

cròiseanta

bent with an asthmatic complaint. Bodach beag cròiseanta.

Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

cusg

(coosg) people in the village of Carishader call the artificial insemination man ‘Bodach na cusg’. I never heard the word until last summer.

Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

cuspar

Bha grunn bhràithrean air an aon fhearann. Thòisicheadh a’ briseadh sìos nan tacannan ’s a toirt seachad fearainn. Thuirt am bràthair bu sheana, leis an robh am fearann air an robh na bràithrean, “Tha sibh ceart gu leòir fhad’s a bhios mise beò ach as mo dhéidh-sa chan eil fhios dé a dh’fhaodas tachairt. Mar sin chomhairlichinn dhuibh sealltainn a mach air bhur son fhéin fhad’s a bhios an cothrom ann.” Thuirt bodach mu an nì a bha seo: “Ma thà, ’s ann a bha an duine glic ann Iain MacDhòmhnuill, an cuspar a thug e do an fheadhainn eile.”

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

càrnaidh

Notes: small cod. ‘Bodach ruadh beag’. (Garrabost)

Origin: Garrabost
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

dearbhallach

Cha chuir mise Beurla air an te so. Tha i na’s motha na coilleag [q.v.] ach chan e an aon cumadh a tha oirre. ’S ann aig Ràinis a bhithinn ga faighinn, is bha muinntir Ràinis uamhasach déidheil orra. ’S e bodach as Ràinis a thug dhomh, ‘Dearbhallach amh le aran corc, Cumaidh giulan latha dol’.

Location: Lewis, Port of Ness, Lionel
Category: Maorach / Shellfish

fanga

Bodach eile, bha e ’n a dhuine nuair a bha m’athair òg (rugadh m’athair ann an 1860), ’se ‘fanga’ a chanadh e ri ‘suincear’ (sinker).

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

farumach

Quotation: bodach farumach. Notes: spry old man.

Origin: Glenlyon
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

feannag

Quotation: bodach feannaig.

Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

fulainn

Quotation: Used to describe the Uig bodach who wanted the “steall math uisge” when his own crops were secured. Notes: An ironic usage (var. of fallain?). Not in Dw.

Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

gibeach

Quotation: ’S e ’n aon rud am bodach gibeach agus Iain MacDhùghaill. Notes: six and half a dozen.

Origin: Islay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

gille-bog

’Se seo a th’aca air uain a tha dìth lùthais orra ’s an druim. Cha téid na h-uain-sa air an casan a chaoidh. ’S ann aig caoirich a tha ag ithe tòrr de an fheamainn air na muil a bhios an seòrsa uan-sa. ’Se bodach anns a’ bhaile againn fhìn a thug an t-ainm-sa orra, agus lean an t-ainm. Mur eil mise ceàrr, ’s ann air isean sgairbh a bha’n t-ainm ‘gille-bog’ an toiseach.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Caoraich / Sheep

giobarais

“Cha do thuig mi smid de an ghiobarais a bh’aca”, arsa am bodach agus e air a bhith ’g éisdeach ri Frangaich a’ còmhradh.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

guag

Guag de lite. – Lite a dheanadh bodach no cailleach agus a thionndaidheadh a mach air leth tiugh.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

iall

Stiallan caola, caola de chraicionn airson fuaigheal leotha. Chunnaic mi bodach ann am Mangurstadh a’ fuaigheal le iall.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

loga (I)

Bha cuimhne aig m’athair a bhith toirt fiodh ciste-laighe as a’ logainn nuair a bhàsaicheadh duine. Agus sin leis an t-sàbh-mhór. Làithean cruaidhe bha siod! (As a’ logainn, mar a chanadh na bodaich. ’Se a chanas sinne an diugh as a’ loga. ’Se còmhradh nam bodach bu chearta.)

Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

maoidh

vb ‘threaten [with]’ : vbl nn: rachadh ‘bodach an tin’ a mhaoidheadh ormsa, ’o [o]  [= cho] cunnartach is a bha e, nam binn dona gun tigeadh e

Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983

mulan

corn-stack in stack-yard. An ceann (thatched with seileasdair (iris) or [sic]: – Am bodach (½ doz sheaves). – Bann. – Crios. – Sìoman-sgéith. – Am màthair shìoman. An cal(a)ba. An t-sreath (outer row of sheaves). (Ears of adag to centre.) Biadh a’ mhulain (inner row of sheaves).

Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture

mòine chòsach

a stringy type of peat which has bent many a ‘sgian’; ‘còsach’ was smoked by the bodach when he had the ‘carathas’ – the craving for tobacco: this out of ‘ine crùbaig’!

Origin: Leódhas, An Rudha [Lewis, Rudha]
Category: Mòine / Peat-Working

no cromadh a’ bhrochain

Bhiodh am brochan (chan è lite, ach brochan na feòla) aca a muigh aig buain na mòna. Dithis mu’n toirbhsgear bhiodh iad ag atharrachadh as déidh a’ h-uile biadh – na’m biodh tu a’ leagail, as déidh a’ bhidh dheadh tu a thilgeil. Bhiodh strì am measg nam bodach airson faighinn a thilgeil an toiseach airson faighinn a leagail as déidh a’ bhrochain. Bhiodh iad cho làn agus cho dùmhail as déidh a’ bhrochain agus gu robh e mòran na bu chomhfhurtail a bhith a’ leagail na a bhith a’ tilgeil.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig]
Category: Mòine / Peat-Working

noigean

Quotation: bodach beag nan noigeanan. Notes: playful term of endearment.

Location: North Uist, Grimsay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

peiriceil

(Fuaimnich mar ‘meirgeach’.) Chuala mi bodach ag ràdh uaireigin “Cha téid e as mo dhiochuimhn’ gu bràth peiriceil mo mhionaich.” Dh’ith e rudeigin a rinn cron anabarrach air. Thug e gaoth air, ’s thug e pian air, ’s thug e a h-uile seòrsa rud a bh’ann air. Tuigidh sibh fhéin. Bha na balaich a’ gàireachdaich.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

rebeanach

iasg (bodach ruadh beag).

Location: Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

ròcaideach

Quotation: bodach ròcaideach.

Location: Islay, Port Wemyss
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

sabh-mór

Sàbh-mór – Two-handed saw for use in a saw pit. (Dwelly) Sàbh-mór – Whip-saw. (MacLennan) Whip-saw – A narrow saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame and often worked by two persons. (Chamber’s Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1960) [NOTES: the following comment copied from Mr MacLeod’s letter of 29/04/1968] Chan eil fhios agam am biodh sàbh-mór aca ’ga oibreachadh anns a’ Chomraich. Có dhiù bhios cuimhne leibhse. Bha cuimhne aig m’athair a bhith toirt fiodh ciste-laighe as a’ logainn nuair a bhàsaicheadh duine. Agus sin leis an t-sàbh-mhór. Làithean cruaidhe bha siod. (As a’ logainn, mar a chanadh na bodaich. ’Se a chanas sinne an diugh as a’ loga. ’Se còmhradh nam bodach bu chearta. Loga (I).)

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

seideanta

in reference to old, chubby, contented man – “Bodach seideanta”.

Location: South Uist, Milton
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

seideanta

Quotation: bodach mór seideanta. Notes: a fleshy person.

Origin: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

sguaraigeadh

Arsa am bodach: “Bha i ann an siod (a’ bhana-cheard) aig dorus an tigh-change, ’s i a’ sguaraigeadh ’s a’ sguaraigeadh.” – squaring up for a fight.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

snèagladh

Crawling. Bodach a’ cantuinn mu chaoraich bodaich eile: “Chan eil càil ach gu bheil iad a’ snèagladh.” (Iad cho bochd.) Cuideachd, snèagalan.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

sunnsail

[sũ̟:səl] Quotation: Bha ’m bodach a’ coiseachd a steach a’ staran ’s e ri sunnsail ris fhéin. Notes: making a low humming noise but not talking. Usually refers to someone on his own or unaware of other people and thinking of something in a relaxed way.

Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

sìlean (m)

Quotation: “bodach an t-sìlein agus sìlean ’na bhròig, dh’fhalbh e gu taigh caillich…” (start of a trad. bedtime story). Notes: a very small potato.

Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

sógh

[so:ɣ] Quot.: “bodach air shógh”. Note: a contented old man.

Origin: [Ness]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

toll-fasgnaidh (E)

Toll ris an làr anns a’ bhalla ann an taobh an t-sobhail airson a’ ghaoth a leigeil a steach airson am bodach am fasgnadh a dheanamh a stigh. Bhiodh e mu 2½ troigh air àirde. Mar dorus beag ach gun còmhla idir ris. Bhiodh e dùinte ach nuair a bhiodh feum dha.

Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings

trosg also bodach

76 [Cod].

Location: Mull [see below for details]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

tòc

Notes: A growth that comes over a cow’s eye. Apparently a cataract. There were people (with a steady hand etc.) who were in regular demand for removing this (e.g. a bodach in Achmor). Dw. has tòc ‘Disease of the eyes, mostly peculiar to sheep – Rob Donn; “pink-eye” in horses.

Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

ùilleadh

Quotation: úilleadh [sic] nam bodach. Notes: cod liver oil.

Location: Tiree
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

“Bodach an t-Siabuinn”

Lord Leverhulme. Bha ainm eile aig feadhainn air thall an Uig againne: “Bodach Logger”.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

“one in sight”

Nuair a bhiodh iad a’ tarruing an lìn-bhig agus a nochdadh a’ cheud bheathach – leòbag, no adag, no cnòdan, no eile – chanadh iad “one in sight”. Mar a bhiodh a’ chùis a’ dol air adhart chanadh iad “one in sight, six aboard”. Cleachdadh na h-Airde an ear (Ceann Phàdruig ’s a Bhruaich etc.) tha mi ’n dùil. Ach am bodach-sa (b’aithne dhomh e gu math), bhiodh e ag ràdh nuair a bha easan [sic] òg gu’n canadh na bodaich ri leithid “one in sight”, “min am balg”. Sin agad tè mhath.

Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous