Iasgach a’ Ghiomaich / Lobster-Fishing

Informant(s)
Name
D. J. MacVicar
Origin
[Note: From North Uist, information from Alex O’Henley / RÓM 4 Dec 2023]
Location
Glasgow [?]
Date
[1987-88]
Fieldworker
A. O’Henley
Notes
  • [NOTES: no personal information in the questionnaire itself. The informant identified on a post-it note attached.]
The Lobster
firionnmale.
boirionnfemale.
ighnean? (inean?)claws.
an t-ordused for breaking up shellfish.
an sàbhanother claw used for catching fish.
gàilleachgills.
earballtail.
buigneaga lobster found in crevices near the shore after casting its shell in summertime.
The Creel
sgùillcreel.
am bonnthe base.
cearcaillrods, before and after bending and fitting to base.
a’ cnòdachadh na lìnthe netting and how attached to base.
an t-suilthe eye.
clachan acrachweight.
buidhe roprope.
airceanfloats.
dorus na sgùilldoor (for admitting hand).
[fleet of creels]Fleet of creels, when attached to a single line: creels placed individually and not in a line as such.
Fishing
biathadhbait.
runnachkinds [of bait] used.
Cleaning a creel, what creatures found within
crùbagan
easgannan
Other terms
brothadh[about rope] disintegrating.
[tying claws of lobsters]Device used for tying claws of lobsters – string or elastic bands.
bucas ghiomachkeep-box. Moored under ‘sgorran’, rock crevices, near the shore.
broda gaff with a hook used to pull out the lobster.

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