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[funeral custom]
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When a death occurred in a village, all work was suspended until after the funeral. It was strictly forbidden to delve in soil, or even to turn a sod over.
Origin: Skye
Category: Bàs is Adhlacadh / Death and Burial
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ceap
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a small turf, sod.
Location: Lewis, Shawbost
Category: Mòine / Peat-Working
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ceap
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a sod. Variant on ‘plòc’.
Location: North Uist, Iollaraigh [Illeray]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceap
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Pl. cip. A large sod / a single sod.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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cùlag
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Notes: surface sod, of which the bottom part is peat, cut for fuel.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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drena vootach
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not common. Constructed in peaty soil. They dug until the peat was reached – about 18" wide and a peat was then lifted out of the centre about 9" wide, using a double bladed “tusker”. This was then covered with a heather sod and filled up. These drains lasted many years. (Stoer, Assynt)
Origin: Assynt, Stoer
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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fàd
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Sod or clod.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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na sgrathan
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These were square pieces of green sod or turf thinly cut with a sharp kind of spade called a ‘caibe-làir’. There was an art in the cutting of a ‘sgrath’ and an ordinary spade would not do. The ‘sgrathan’ were laid on top of the rafters, ‘taobhain’ [q.v.] and ‘maidean-ceangail’ [q.v.] in a very methodical way, so that every inch of wood was covered. Finally the thatch, rushes or heather, was carefully spread on top of ‘sgrathan’ and held down by heather ropes, ‘sioman fraoich’, in criss-cross pattern. To the ends of these ropes, which dangled over the top of wall below, heavy stones called ‘acraichean’ were attached to keep thatch secure in place in time of storm. If the least flaw was detected in a ‘sgrath’ after it was cut, it was at once discarded as unsuitable for the roof of a building.
Origin: Skye
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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sgrathach
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‘sod(dy)’, of sods, turf.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
