Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Murchadh MacLeòid (Murdo MacLeod)
Origin
[Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Location
[Glasgow]
Date
[1972 on the slips]
“Argyll’s Highlands or MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne” by Cuthbert Bede (Rev. Edward Bradley of Grantham).
leurach“The marriage customs were these: When a young pair had got through the leurach, or contract, and had agreed to get married with the consent of their relatives, a night was appointed for the reite, when the friends met and a feast was prepared, of which all were hearty partakers.” (page 199)
sgreachan réilig“a shrieker of a burying place.” (page 204)
crann tràigh“… that the fairy cross was also called crann tràigh.” (page 220)
stike raide“it was customary to assign him a certain share of the spoil, which was called a stike raide or stike creich – ‘road collop’.” (page 252)
stike creich[See stike raide]
Siol-Ghall[sic] “ – he whose parents were Highland on the one side and Lowland on the other – was called Sìol Ghall.” (page 271)
sìol-dubhplancton.

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