Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
A. Cameron
Location
Applecross, Ard Dhubh
Date
1968-1987
lap (pl. lapan)Quotation: Bha lapan sa bhuntàta far nach do dh’fhàs iad idir. Notes: patches where potatoes had failed to grow.
ploc-fàlNotes: one piece of turf specially cut to cover a new grave.
brothNotes: rash on the skin, as with measles.
cloimhNotes: mange (in dogs).
dìobairQuotation: Tha i glé mhath mara dìobair i. Notes: Alleged to have been said by some woman to ‘MacCoinnich’ of Ioscaig when he had boasted of a bridge he had just made. Sense of ‘fail, give way’.
faofagQuotation: pl. faofagan. Notes: ‘Squid’.
giobarnachNotes: octopus (‘Lewis form’).

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