Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Kenny Fraser
Location
Skye, Broadford
Date
03/1970
moighlean[m[ɔ̃ĩ]lʹɑṉ] Notes: bundle of hay or fodder given to beasts. “Cuiridh seo sgillinn air a’ mhoighlean” – a saying used when snow came: cattle would need more feeding.
móineQuotation: móine spaideadh. Notes: peat cut with an ordinary spade.
ròsaidNotes: resin.
sitigNotes: rubbish dump. (?)
peithirQuotation: ’S ann a tha e coltach ri àite as an tigeadh peithir. Notes: thunderbolt. (Hole in the ground.)
seanganNotes: ant. Lewis – “snioghan”.
sia-ràitheachNotes: a six-quarter old wedder.
slamagQuotation: Dh’òl e slàmag [sic] mhath. Notes: “a good slug”, when drinking.
sleamhnaganNotes: sty.
smior-chailleachNotes: marrow. “Ràinig e a’ smior-chailleach agam.” – extreme cold.
spal-dubhQuotation: Bha spal-dubh air a’ ghualainn. Notes: black round spot on the fleece of sheep. (Ball-dubh?)
spearragNotes: a device to prevent sheep from jumping over dykes and fences – a piece of rope hanging from the sheep’s neck with a stick tied to the end of it. Whenever the sheep tried to jump the stick would hit its legs.
streanganNotes: string for mending shoes when treated with “ròsaid”.
teine-sionnachainNotes: phosphorescence at sea.
toirisgil[t̪ɤɾıʃɡʹəl] Notes: peat cutting iron.
aingealachNotes: numbness, e.g. due to cold.
aisne[ɑʃṉə] Notes: upright stave of a creel.
camhanaichNotes: twilight.
ciucharQuotation: ciuchar uisge. Notes: fine rain, drizzle.
cliseach[kliʃɑx] Notes: a rough wooden gate; hinges also made of wood. C. MacLean, Kyleakin says “clisneach” as in Dw.
còcrachNotes: string used for making or repairing shoes. Becomes streangan when treated with ròsaid.
corra-chòsagNotes: slater.
corra-shùgainNotes: rope-making tool.
dionagNotes: gimmer.
disQuotation: Tha e dis. Notes: prone to feeling the cold. (“disear” – Lewis)
dithisdNotes: two people.
dorusdNotes: door.
eadar-da-lunn[ɛd̪əɾd̪ɑlɤ̃ũ̜n̪] Notes: floating but half-submerged. Also used of indecision – “Bha mi eadar-da-lunn.”
èibhiseach[ɛ:viʃɑx] Quotation: aimsir èibhiseach math. Notes: unusually good.

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