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atharachadh
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after lifting the peats could then be shifted another bit and turned round so that the damp side can be dried.
Location: South Uist, West Kilbride
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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a’ lianna
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not on every croft but refers to low lying, damp land situated near a river. [NOTES: corrected to ‘a’ liana’.]
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bog
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damp.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather
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cail (f), calach (gen)
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a meadow, damp by river, loch, or sea edge (N.E. and Perths.).
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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citheach
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Quotation: La [sic] ribeach, robach, citheach, ceothach, gun ghaoith, gun thioradh, gun uisge. Notes: heavy day with low cloud. Citheach: sultry (possibly) or damp.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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crùban
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Quotation: an crùban. Notes: illness in sheep and cattle said to be caused by cold and damp. Rendered them almost immobile.
Location: Invergarry, North Laggan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuireach
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damp drizzle. [NOTES: corrected to ‘ciurach’.]
Origin: [Note: From North Uist, information from Alex O’Henley / RÓM 4 Dec 2023]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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drumanach
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elder tree (already noted). When in winter the branches became sapless, children (as already noted) scrabbed [sic] [scrubbed?] the branches with a pocket knife and used the branch as fishing rods. It (the common elder) is a common tree, ‘easy to grow’ in places like the Isles of Scotland where the climate is damp and cold. It is noticeable on Harris growing without or within little distances of houses, or close to a house. If this signifies anything, I am not able to say at the moment. Seemingly it could? … In the ‘superstitious stories of the Isles’.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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feur-lòn
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Notes: grass growing in damp spots. On big farms with a lot of fallow ground this was cut for hay.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fuaraidh
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[fu̜ɤri] Quot.: “Tha a’ rum so gu math fuaraidh.” Note: damp.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fuarasg
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damp, wet land.
Location: North Uist, Grimsay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gual
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a smudge on the hands or face (not of coal as coal had never been in use of old in Point, Lewis). Anyone having a smudge on the face and not knowing of it would be told: “Cuir do làmh far am beil an gual ort agus gheibh thu do roghainn”. ‘Gual’ is also the black formed on the outside of pots and pans exposed to an open flame. Still also ‘gual’ was the name for cold peat embers. Sgùradh le gual – before the advent of abrasive cleansers, a damp cloth dipped in a very finely crushed cold peat ember would be used on metal in place of sand paper or emery paper. And ‘gual’ for something burnt to a cinder – “Chaidh e ’na ghual dubh.”
Origin: Eileanaich [natives of Lewis]
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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làrach a’ mhulain
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stone foundation (corn). Only in damp clay ground. Wooden tripods only used in the field – i.e. with rucannan-achaidh [q.v.].
Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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làrach a’ ruca
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stone foundation (hay). Only in damp clay ground. Wooden tripods only used in the field – i.e. with rucannan-achaidh [q.v.].
Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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mùganach
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as a kilt or something thick getting damp on the hill.
Location: Ross-shire, Muir-of-Ord
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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smugach
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Notes: damp (of weather).
Location: Ross-shire, Gairloch
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tais
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damp.
Location: South Uist, Milton
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tais
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damp weather.
Location: South Uist, Bornish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tais
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damp.
Origin: Harris, Horgabost or Harris, Kyles Stockinish
Category: Sìde / Weather
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tais
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Quot.: tide thais. Note: damp weather.
Origin: Ness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tais
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damp weather.
Origin: [Note: From North Uist, information from Alex O’Henley / RÓM 4 Dec 2023]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tungaidh
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Notes: damp.
Location: Skye, Strath
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tungaidh
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Notes: damp, moist.
Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
