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(n) eitig, tha eitig ann
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duine truagh nach eil fallain.
Location: Na Hearadh [Harris], Horgabost
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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[breacag nan
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[?] eorna] “Breacag nan [?] eorna nach eil solar na fallain.” Part of a New Year duan – the thin barley bannock was not appreciated. They would accept anything except that!
Origin: Assynt, Stoer
Category: Biadh is Deoch / Food and Drink
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[fallain]
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Cho fallain ris a’ bhreac.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cho fallain ri fiadh
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healthy as a deer.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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fearsanaich
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cnapan beaga air druim a chruidh, b’ann an còmhnuidh air crodh fallain a bhiodh
seo.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Blàthan-Leighis / Medicinal Plants
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fotan
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Quotation: fotan (fallain). Notes: seaworthy. Fotan is used to mean ‘healthy’, too, but is the term regularly applied in Brora, Golspie, and Embo for a seaworthy boat. Source: Mrs Margaret MacKay, “Gairlochy”, Main Street, Golspie. Date: winter 1968.
Location: Sutherland [see below]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fulainn
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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
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puta
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Bha puta air a dhèanamh de chraicionn caorach. Bha ceann a’ phuta air a dheanamh de phìos fiodha – fiodh math, fallain. Is ann leis an tàil a bha e air a shnaidheadh agus air a thoirt gu fìor-chumadh. Bha toll air a dheanamh ann airson am puta a ghaothadh agus is e bìdeag de shreing – òrd beag dhi – a bhatar a’ cur san toll. Is e an ‘calcas’ a chanaidh iad ris a’ bhìdeig-sa. Nuair a bha thu a’ gaothadh a’ phuta, bha thu a séideadh agus a’ cur do theangaidh ’s an toll; a séideadh a rithist agus a’ deanamh an nì cheadna; mar sin gu am bitheadh am puta làn gaoithe agus teann. Air an t-séideadh mu dheireadh bha thu a’ cur a’ chalcais ’san toll agus ’g a dheanamh cinnteach. ‘Put’ – seo mar a chanas sinne e.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Leabhar Deilbh / Drawing Book
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slàn fallain
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pure.
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality
