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A’ ghaoth a’ leantail na Gréineadh. (clockwise direction) (‘Gréineadh’ – Tiree gen. for ‘Grian’.)

Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather

a’ coiseachd deiseal

walking in a clockwise direction. This happened at funerals before the coffin was brought into the graveyard, i.e. the procession walked round the outside of the graveyard in a clockwise direction before entering the graveyard.

Location: [South Uist], Daliburgh (Schoolhouse)
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous