| traisgear | used for cutting the peats. |
| iron-mona | used for cutting the peats. |
| cliabh | creel used for carrying the peats. These creels were of various sizes and made of wattle, hazel or willow. |
| pol-mona | peat bank. |
| sùsagh (a phùil) | marking out, with a spade, on the turf the area of peat to be cut. [NOTES: two second hands at work. In black ink: the grave accent in ‘sùsagh’ circled and ‘susadh’ added underneath; in red: ‘phuill’ written above ‘phùil’.] |
| teannagh | removing the turf. |
| teanndach | turf that had been removed. This turf was laid on the inside of the peat bank, with the grassy side up.
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| am barfhàd | top peat, just one to be cut, was spread out on top of the peat bank – sgaolteach.
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| [sgaolteach] |
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| an dara fàd | second one to be cut, was made into a ‘garradh’ [q.v.].
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| an caoran | last peat taken out, were [sic] thrown onto the inside of the bank.
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| an colfhad | second peat (from the front).
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| [garradh] |
The holes in between the peats in the ‘garradh’ were for letting the wind through so that the peats would dry quickly.
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| [caoirthe] | when four or five of the peats in the ‘garradh’ [q.v.] stuck together, the whole group was called the ‘caoirthe’. |
| togail (na mona) | second stage after cutting. ‘Rudhain’ were made. They contained anything from four to eight peats standing together to allow the peats to dry more quickly. |
| [rudhain] | [See togail (na mona).] |
| cruachadh | a huge stack was made at the house. |
| griomhadh | covering the top of the stack with turf and having all the sides sloping so that the rain wouldn’t penetrate so much into the middle of the stack. |
