Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Neil MacLean
Age
c. 65
Location
North Uist, Bayhead
Date
02/1969
slànQuotation: Slàn-treothadh dhuibh! Notes: said by someone coming into a newly built house for the first time.
talamh-tollQuotation: Tha i air a dhol ’na talamh-toll. Notes: said of a narrow stream which has been overgrown in places.
treothadhQuotation: Slàn-treothadh dhuibh! Notes: said by someone coming into a newly-built house for the first time.
bogachNotes: soft boggy patch on the moor.
bruachNotes: a sand-pit on the machair.
coilleagNotes: a hillock or mound on the machair.
cuinneagQuotation: “Millidh aona [lʹebəd̪ɑɡ] a’ chuinneag.”
[fɔıdʹɑx]Notes: man-made channel, canal. [NOTES: slipped under ‘faighdeach’.]
fiath-lochanNotes: stagnant pool.

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