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Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Donald Boyd? ( D Boyd )
Age
? [c. 65?]
Origin
[North Uist?]
Location
Barra, Castlebay
Date
1970
Notes
  • [NOTES: the note next to the date – ‘Card’ or ‘Letter’. This seems to refer to the two postcards found in one of the card index drawers on which the slips are based.]
laighe-leòireamQuotation: a’ deanamh laighe-leòiream. Notes: ‘basking in the sun’ (Grimsay, North Uist).
tathantaNotes: ‘contrary, in speech or action’.
briuthasachNotes: ‘sexy (in N. Uist parlance)’.
caimeadalachNotes: ‘roundabout, circuitous’.
dionruigeachNotes: ‘vindictive’.
drogantaNotes: ‘well-dressed’, or ‘cheerful in mood’.
féicheantasNotes: ‘verbal sparring; parleying with words’.

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