1. Different stages in the growth of sheep (female) |
uan bòrun | |
uan firin | |
othisg | male and female. |
tiarinach | a year old, male and female. |
caora chiad ain (first lamb) | [?] 2 year old female. |
caora uain | till toothless with age. |
reith | a young male lamb under one year of age. |
rùda | a male a year of age and over. |
tiarinach mult | a castrated male one year old. |
mult | a castrated male a year old and over (wedder). |
uanreth ( ua’reith) | [pron.?] male lamb. |
an fhíor othisg | othisg le uan, giving birth within a year, first year of its life. |
leth uan | twin. |
[note] | (Losin [sic] all respect for the present Gaelic orthography.) |
2. Different stages in the growth of sheep (male) |
[note] | see page 1 |
3. Different stages in the growth of the castrated male |
[note] | see page 1 |
4. Sheep’s appearance |
caora mhaol | hornless. |
caora sgrogach | small twisted horns. |
caora bhrògach | black faced sheep. |
caora bhàn | white faced sheep. |
caora bhreac | speckled face. |
caora dhubh | black sheep. |
caora thulloch (ballach) | black-white. [NOTES: ‘ballach’ added later.] |
caora sheasc | lambless. |
dubh cheannach | |
bò riabhach | |
bò lachduinn | |
5. Miscellaneous |
da leth-uain | twins. |
caora chonadail | stray sheep. |
teilmigair | partly castrated or its testicles wanting. |
rig | partly castrated or its testicles wanting. |
feilimgeir | partly castrated or its testicles wanting. |
6. Feeding and grazing |
7. Handling of sheep |
faing | fank. |
crò | fold for sheep. |
crodhadh | hemming sheep in. |
treud chaorach | flock. |
faing a’ rùsgidh | shearing [fank]. |
faing togal nan uan | weaning [fank]. |
faing an Dupi (pron. an’uppi) | dipping [fank]. |
deargadh | earmarking. |
saoile | wool making [marking?], liquid dye usually red or blue. |
comharra cluais | branding horn with number of the croft and initial letter of township. [NOTES: it is not clear if this explanation refers to ‘comharra cluais’ or ‘saoile’ or neither.] |
snàlc ceitin | [?] mark in the ear, pierced with the needle. (?) |
kirra (?) | call addressed to lamb or sheep when inviting it to eat. |
trusadh na caora | |
8. Apparatus |
spearach | tie fore and hind leg to prevent straying. |
lùb | to tie sheep for shearing. |
9. Diseases |
pluc | fluke. |
tuathalan | turning anticlockwise, brain disease. |
seilg nam blàr | poor condition, run down. |
mial chaorach | sheep tick. |
gartan | sheep tick. |
doile | disease of the eyes, blindness. |
spùt | diarrhoea. |
ruadh | |
ruadh an ùdh | infection in the udder. |
galar na h adhain | liver disease. |
an teanna ghalar | skin disease, the old disease. |
a cliamh | scab. |
a cloimh a falabh | [?] the [NOTES: unfinished and the whole unclear.] |
a chnuidh | maggots, when dirty with diarrhoea. |
gartan | sheep tick. |
10. Parts of the body |
11. Lambing |
12. Miscellaneous |
caora stùthach | docked sheep. |