Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Roderick MacPherson
Location
Barra, Bruernish
Date
02/1969
màirnealaichQuotation: a’ màirnealachadh. Notes: weather forecasting.
saor-dubhNotes: carpenter.
saothairQuotation: saothair an [dɤhə]. Notes: a pointless task, “obair gun fheum”.
brionglaidQuotation: Chaidh e ’na bhrionglaid. Notes: It got all mixed up, e.g. fishing lines getting entangled in one another.
corranNotes: earmark. [Cf. corran-clipeach.]
corran-clipeachNotes: earmark. [Cf. corran.]
dubh-charQuotation: ’S fheàrr dhomh ’n dubh-char a chuir as an neo-chàs. (RMP also heard “neo-char”.) Notes: I’d better do the heaviest, dirtiest, most unpleasant task first.

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