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Cha d’fhuair thu ach muc am pòca
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a bad bargain.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bogha-muc
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Notes: wild hyacinth.
Location: Coll, Arinagour
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidseirich
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vb. ‘butcher’: bh. mi caoraich an seo; bhuidseiricheadh tu dòbhliadhnach agus -- muc no dhà
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Inverness Co., Dunvegan
Category: Word List
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corcadh
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Bha uaireigin a bhiodh muc anns a h-uile tigh, aig na bodaich. Nuair a bhiodh iad ’g a marbhadh bha iad a’ cur na cuirce anns a’ mhuic. Bha iad an uair sin a’ toiseachadh ’g a ruith gu’n tuiteadh i an déidh an fhuil a chall.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuilean
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Quotation: cuilean muc (sic). Notes: piglet.
Origin: Sutherland, Embo
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fail
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Quotation: fail-muc. Notes: a pen.
Origin: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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feoil shaillte
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– muc, mart, caora.
Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Biadh is Deoch / Food and Drink
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isean
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Quotation: isean muc. Notes: piglet.
Location: Sutherland, Durness, Sangomore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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làn
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Quotation: Bha e cho làn ri muc. Notes: drunk.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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mar muc le feòil
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as fat as a pig.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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muc
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Quotation: gnos muice. Notes: sow-mouth. In sheep, cattle and horses where the lower jaw is short.
Location: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: Nach e a fhuair a’ mhuc air a’sgian. Notes: getting something “on a plate”.
Location: Skye, Breakish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: muc a bearraich [muxkəbeərẹç]. Notes: porpoise.
Location: Ross of Mull
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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pig.
Location: Argyll, Tarbert, Muasdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: mucan-bearaich [muxkəbɛrẹç]. Notes: porpoises.
Location: Mull
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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nn f. ‘pig’ : pl. agus an seanfhacal, na Campbells ‘s e na ~an a theireadh iad leotha
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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muc
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Quotation: cuilean muic. Notes: young pig.
Origin: Drumguish, by Kingussie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: gnos muice. Notes: sow-mouth. In sheep, cattle and horses where the lower jaw is short.
Origin: Islay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: gnos muice. Notes: sow-mouth. In sheep, cattle and horses where the lower jaw is short.
Origin: Islay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: Chan e a’ mhuc shàmhach as moth a dh’itheas.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: Bha e cho làn ri muc. Notes: drunk.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: gnos muice. Notes: sow-mouth. In sheep, cattle and horses where the lower jaw is short.
Origin: Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc
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Quotation: cuilean muc. Notes: piglet.
Origin: Sutherland, Embo
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc bhiorach
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porpoise.
Location: South Uist, South Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc breac
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killer whale.
Location: Cluer
Category: Maorach / Shellfish
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muc creige (f)
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Notes: wrasse.
Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc gheal
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Notes: white-bellied whale.
Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc ghorm
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Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc shneachda
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Origin: Harris, Horgabost or Harris, Kyles Stockinish
Category: Sìde / Weather
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muc steallain
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porpoise.
Location: South Uist, South Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-a-bhiorach
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[muk ə birəx] Notes: porpoise.
Origin: Arran
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-a-bioraich
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Notes: porpoise.
Origin: Carradale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-ann-am-boca
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[sic] unforeseen bargain. B’e muc-ann-am-poca a cheannaich thu. (idiom)
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-bhiorach
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Notes: porpoise.
Location: Raasay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-bhreac
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Roqual [sic] [Rorqual?] whale.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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muc-bhàn
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Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather
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muc-breac
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Notes: killer whale.
Origin: Kilmaluag
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-chreige
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Note: ballan wrasse.
Location: [Lewis], [S.] Lochs, Gravir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-chreige
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wrasse.
Location: Uibhist a Tuath, Ceann a Bhàigh [North Uist, Bayhead]
Category: Maorach / Shellfish
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muc-chreige
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something like bream; has a small mouth as if for sucking with. It is quite tame; usually caught when rock-fishing.
Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-chreigeadh
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Notes: wrasse.
Location: Raasay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-creige
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Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-creige
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wrasse (I think). [NOTES: the slip has ‘muc-créige’ and the definition: ‘wrasse’.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-creige (creagag)
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wrasse.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-duine
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a surly, unliked [sic], boorish male.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-faileag
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Notes: rose-hip.
Location: Skye, Breakish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-fheoil
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[mũ̜kjɑl] Notes: pig-flesh.
Origin: Assynt, Stoer
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-fheòil
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pork.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris,Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-fàileag
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Notes: rose hip.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-fàileag
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Note: rose hip (dog-rose).
Origin: Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-fàileag [mũkfɑ:lɑɡ]
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Quotation: pl. mucan-fàileag. Notes: plant like a small rose-bush; prickly, with pink blossom and big red berries. Rosehip syrup made from it, acc. to JML.
Location: Ross-shire, Achiltibuie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-làmhaich
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Notes: monk-fish.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-mhara
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whale.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-mharadh
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nn f. ‘whale’: tha iasg mòr ann coltach ris a’ mhuc-mharadh
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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muc-mharadh
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[mũ̜xkvɑɾəɣ] Notes: whale.
Location: Raasay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-shneachda
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Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather
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muc-shneachda
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Snowman.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muc-stigean
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[mũ̜xkʃtʹiɡʹɑṉ] Notes: porpoise.
Location: Coll, Arinagour
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ola-na-muc
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whale oil. [NOTES: slipped under ‘ola-nam-muc’.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ola-nam-muc
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whale oil.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ola-nam-muc
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oil from whales (whale oil).
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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peilig
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Quotation: Bha peiligean ann. Notes: porpoise (?) but much faster than ‘muc-a-bioraich’ q.v.
Origin: Carradale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rangais
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[rɑ̃ŋɡiʃ] Note: says it is a small fish akin to the “muc-chreige”.
Origin: Balallan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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soiceadh
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Quot.: muc a’ soiceadh. Note: turning up earth with its snout.
Origin: [Barvas]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stetion-nam-muc
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[sic] whaling station. [NOTES: slipped under ‘steisean’ with ‘steisean-nam-muc’ as the quotation.]
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tigh nam muc
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Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
