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Thilg i a laogh
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miscarriage.
Origin: Barra
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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[bò]
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’S olc a bhò nach fhearr na laogh.
Location: North Uist, Grimsay, Gearradh Dubh
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[glas is iuchair]
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a’ cheud toimhseachan a chuala mi riamh: Bó odhar, bó odhar / An dorus an t-sobhail / I cnàmh a cìr / Is laogh ’na gobhal. (Glas is iuchair)
Origin: Geàrrloch (Loch Iubh) [Gairloch (Loch Ewe)]
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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[laogh]
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“’S fhearr aon laogh coir na dà chraiceann.”
Location: North Uist, Grimsay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[laogh]
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Chuireadh e an laogh bho dheoghail. It would “scunner” a toad.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[laogh]
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Is fhearr aon laogh na dà chraiceann.
Location: South Uist, Lochcarnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[laogh]
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“’S ioma rud a tha an cois a’ laoigh nach saoill a mhàthair.” – a proverb which refers to the unpredictability of someone you might trust implicitly.
Location: South Uist, Iochdar
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[laogh]
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Laogh is gamhainn – calf and stirk.
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[lus-nan-laogh]
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Note 2: Herbal cures were bottled, for example the dispensary from Lus-nan-Laogh, calf plant, was. It had a very sour taste, and showed the colour of black in the bottle, or a very dark colour. This plant was very popular with cures, it served as a cure in other words for many ailments.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[note]
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[NOTES: both slipped under ‘laogh’ with ‘a. laogh firionn’ and ‘b. laogh boirionn’ as the quotation. Definition: a. male calf; b. female calf.]
Origin: Kill-Fhinn
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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agh air a ceud laogh
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heifer in calf, usually 2-3 years old.
Origin: [the questionnaire gives Ross-shire but it is most probably meant as the county not origin]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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an cruban ( an crùban)
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[pron.] B’ e seo galair a bhiodh a’ tighinn air crodh Gàidhealach (no smait air crodh sam bith) le a bhith air droch fheur, droch muis [?] ’s mar sin, agus le cus deoghail a bhith air a dheanamh orra leis an laogh. ’S ann deireadh an t-samhraidh agus as t-fhoghar a bhiodh an galair-sa an cumantas. Chan fhaca mise an galair-sa a riamh agus cha chuala, ach tha lorg agam gu robh a leithid sin.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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an laogh
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Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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a’ biadhadh
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feeding. Bhia mi an laogh. (Tiree)
Origin: Tiree
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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a’ lasachdainn
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Quotation: Tha [kɾɛ̃:əṉ] a’ bhò air [ɫɑsɑxkĩnʹ] ’s cha bhi tiotadh [ɡɔmi] laogh aice.
Origin: Bunloit
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bo òg na agh aig a cheud laogh
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Origin: [Arran]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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boirionn
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Quotation: laogh firionn boirionn, uan firionn boirionn. Notes: one testicle missing.
Origin: Strontian
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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caisg
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Quotation: Chaisg iad na h-uain; laogh air a chasg. Notes: wean.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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casa-ladhrach
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Na crodhanan boga a th’air laogh nuair a tha e air a bhreith.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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casg
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Quotation: Chaisg iad na h-uain. Laogh air a chasg. Notes: wean.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cur laogh
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cow calving. (Stoer, Assynt)
Origin: Assynt, Stoer
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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donalaich
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[d̪oṉɑɫiç] Quotation: A’ bho a’ donalaich nuair a theid a’ laogh a thoirt air falbh uaipe. Notes: low, mourning sound.
Location: Skye, Elgol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fiadh
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Quotation: laogh féidh. Notes: fawn.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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firionn
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Quotation: laogh firionn boirionn; uan firionn boirionn. Notes: one testicle missing.
Origin: Strontian
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gamhnach
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bò chaidh seach laogh ach aig am bheil bainne s tha am bainne blasta.
Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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[ɫɤ:ɣ] Notes: calf of a cow or deer.
Location: Ross of Mull
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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laogh
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Origin: Barra
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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This was the general term applied to calf either male or female.
Origin: Inverness-shire, Nethy Bridge
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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(for a year)
Origin: Mull, Bunessan, Ardtun or Mull, Tobermory
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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Origin: Mull, Bunessan, Ardtun or Mull, Tobermory
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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Quotation: laogh féidh. Notes: fawn.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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laogh
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Quotation: laogh firionn boirionn. Notes: a calf with one testicle missing. Also “uan firionn boirionn”.
Origin: Strontian
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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laogh
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[ɫw:ɣ] Notes: calf.
Origin: Sutherland, Embo
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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laogh
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a calf.
Origin: [Arran]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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calf.
Origin: [Arran]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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Origin: [Barra]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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Origin: [Barra]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh
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Origin: [Barra]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh (E)
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Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh (m)
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male/female.
Origin: [Skye, Camus Chroise]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh (m), laoigh (pl)
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calf.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh a deothal a mhàthair
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deocadh a mhàthar.
Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh an cois a mhàthair
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laogh fodha màthair.
Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh boirean
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[female] calf.
Origin: Geàrrloch [Gairloch]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh boirean
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calf (female).
Origin: Kill-Fhinn
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh boireann
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quey calf.
Origin: Leodhas [Lewis], Uig
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh boirionn
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female calf.
Origin: ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Victoria Co.)
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh boirionn
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female calf.
Origin: [the questionnaire gives Ross-shire but it is most probably meant as the county not origin]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh boirun
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Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh boise
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a sucker.
Origin: Barra
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh carrach
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hairless calf (usually when male mates with his mother).
Origin: [Barra]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh cois
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Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh fioran
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[male] calf.
Origin: Geàrrloch [Gairloch]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh fireann is boirionn
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Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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laogh firinn
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Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh firinn
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calf (male).
Origin: Kill-Fhinn
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh firionn
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male calf.
Origin: ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Victoria Co.)
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh firionn
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male calf.
Origin: [the questionnaire gives Ross-shire but it is most probably meant as the county not origin]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh pùcaid
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a calf reared by drinks out of a bucket. [NOTES: ‘pùcaid’ corrected to ‘pucaid’.]
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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laogh tairbh
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bull calf.
Origin: Leodhas [Lewis], Uig
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh – damh, – tarbh
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Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh – gamhainn (1 yr), ugh (2 yrs), mart
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[sic]
Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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laogh-biadhta
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Notes: a stuffed calf.
Location: Glendale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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laogh-coiseadh
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Notes: calf at foot.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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laogh-tairbh
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Origin: Mull, Bunessan, Ardtun or Mull, Tobermory
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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loin
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healthy, fluffy coat of hair on cattle as a result of being fed by the above meal [i.e. min laogh (q.v.)].
Location: South Uist, Lochcarnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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luamha
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[See maodal] Fuaimnich seo dìreach mar a tha e sgrìobhte (a réir dòigh na Gaidhlige) ach cur fuaim ‘gh’ an àite fuaim an ‘mh’. Leis an seo bidh e dìreach mar a tha e air a fhuaimneachadh againne. Luamha, ’se seo a’ bhinid anns an laogh agus a’ ghlas ([pron.] a’ ghlās) anns a’ chaoraich. Sin mar a tha iad againne mur a h-eil mise a’ dol ceàrr. (Feuchaibh Nic Neacail. Agus bu chòir gu’n innseadh i dhuibh mar a dheanadh iad binid airson bainne-binid (‘bainne-air-bhinid’ a th’againne).
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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lus nan laogh
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black roots were boiled. Wool steeped in this to give a black colour.
Location: South Uist, Iochdar
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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lus-na-laogh
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Note: grows in wet places.
Origin: Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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lus-nan-laogh
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a drink made of a green leaf. Boiled and given to calves for constipation. Also used to alleviate throat complaints.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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lus-nan-laogh
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it may not be referred to in a vocabulary but it was once orally, as a medical cure for skin eruption, or skin disease, boils etc. [SLIP: Old medical cure for ailments of the skin (boils, etc.).]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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lus-nan-laogh
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Calf plant. Disease: bad blood, e.g. boils. Part used: the whole plant’s
infusion. How prepared: boiled in water, and then the water drunk, a little occasionally.
Sources of information: traditionally. A lady still living on Scalpay told me her father
drank it for boils on the skin, and he was cured likewise. It was traditionally referred to
here (Scalpay) that the plant of which the medical curable properties, [sic] necessary for
the patient’s cure, was within a little distance of the house he lived in.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Blàthan-Leighis / Medicinal Plants
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mart ann a(n) laogh
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cow in calf.
Origin: Mull, Bunessan, Ardtun or Mull, Tobermory
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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miaghail/miadhail
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[mĩə̃ɣɑl] Quotation: [mĩə̃ɣɑl] dhan a’ laogh. Notes: loving towards the calf
Location: North Uist, Bayhead, Kylis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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min laogh
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brown meal mixed with hot water and some salt added. Stirred and left to thicken overnight.
Location: South Uist, Lochcarnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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na gleodhan
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covering on a lamb when born. Na glodhan. (‘Na gleodhan’ a chanas sinne.) “Uan anns na gleodhan.” Canadh sinn cuideachd “laogh anns na gleodhan.”
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Caoraich / Sheep
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seadhanach
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bò tri bliadhna le bainne gun laogh.
Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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siugan
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a pet name for a calf who was fed by bucket feed – ‘laogh pùcaid’. [NOTES: ‘pùcaid’ corrected to ‘pucaid’.]
Location: South Uist, Bornish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stéillean
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[ʃtʹe:lʹɑṉ] Quot.: “Shlaod a’ laogh a’ stéillean as a bhalla.” Note: a wooden or iron bar fixed on to wall of a byre, and to which a cow’s or calf’s neck rope was fixed.
Location: Harris, Quidinish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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taghanach
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[bò] a chaidh seach laogh tri tuiris ach tha bainne aige or aiche.
Location: Lewis, Arnol
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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tilg
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Quotation: Thilg i an laogh. Notes: abort.
Origin: Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous