Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Petrine Stewart
Age
c. 70
Origin
Loch Rannoch
Location
Aberfeldy
Date
1975
milisQuotation: guth milis. Notes: a sweet voice – not ‘guth binn’ in Perthshire.
RaineachQuotation: sgoil [rɛ̜ˈṉəx]. Notes: Rannoch (school).
air falbhQuotation: Tha Iain bochd air falbh. Notes: euphemism for ‘dead’.
onlyQuotation: ’S mi ’n only té òg a bh’ann.
PàpQuotation: An Eaglais Phàp.
pungailNotes: well gathered together; tidy; fastidious.
sgorra mhórNotes: bird – ?
tinneas-cléibh[kḻɛ̜:] Notes: bronchitis (from Skye friend).
uair-a-tìmNotes: for ‘uair-a-thìde’ – ‘an hour’.
aimsir[imiʃər] Quotation: Chan eil aimsir math ann. Notes: Weather.
caithnidhQuotation: [ə x[ɑı]nʹi]. Notes: consumption.
caoir-ghìnidh[kɤ:r ji:nʹi] Quotation: Bha caoir-ghìnidh ann. Notes: wild cherries.
casd[ka:sd̪] Quotation: Tha casd orm. Notes: I’ve a cough.
clach-uaighNotes: tombstone.
cnoidhQuotation: [ə xr[ɔi]]. Notes: toothache.
crìochQuotation: Chrìoch e. Notes: He died.
drodhail[drɔ:ᵊɫ] Notes: = iongantach.
duircean[du̜ʼrkən] Notes: peeweep.
Dun ChaillinnNotes: Dunkeld.
eaglaisQuotation: An Eaglais Phàp. Notes: R.C. Church.
fairtichill[fɑrʃtiçil] Notes: Fortingall.
feirm[fɛ̜ɛ̜rım] Notes: farm.

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