1. Lìon-mór |
dubhan mor | hook. |
bac | [See dubhan mor.] |
frith-bhac | [See dubhan mor.] |
gob | [See dubhan mor.] |
snòd | |
baclag | snead looped round the hook so the hook cannot catch. |
biathadh (noun) | the bait used. |
a biathadh (verb) a linn | baiting the net. |
2. Lìon-beag |
lion caol | more commonly used [term for lìon-beag.] (Names as lion mor.) |
sgùlan | wicker or wooden container for small line. |
cruaidh | the weight. |
ceann | the buoy and rope. |
luga | lugworm. |
biathadh | bait or the act of baiting the net. |
dubhan | hook. Same word used for a cat’s nail. |
ag goramanachd | taking the fish off the hook. |
an grunnd | the fishing ground. |
oitir | |
croman | a large hook or hooked piece of iron attached to a wooden handle to pull in a large fish which would be liable to get away by breaking the snead or the hook. |
3. Lìon-sgadan |
[note] | [NOTES: the original heading in the questionnaire was ‘lìon-sgadanach’ but the informant crossed out ‘ach’.] |
àcran | cork. |
mogul | mesh. |
An do mhoglaich e? | Has it enmeshed? |
druim | top part. |
iochdar | bottom part. |
cluas | corner of the net. |
cur | a cast or yield. Deagh chur, droch chur. |
buta | buoy. |
coltas | signs of herring like oily sea or gannets etc. |
snàthad | needle for holding the twine for repairs. |
cairteadh | the process of dipping nets or sails into a brown preserving solution. |
stragaidh | a goodly scattering of herring in the nets. |
ag cur | setting nets (used with all nets). |
a’ tarruing | taking [nets] aboard (used with all nets). |
runnach | mackerel. |
runnach clappach | horse mackerel. |
4. Lìon sam bith eile |
5. Duirgh, slatan, driamlaichean |
slat | the big rod. |
slat mhor | the big rod. |
slat mhudhair | the big rod. |
slat r(h)ipidh | small rod. |
biathadh | bait. |
solladh | crushed crabs, limpets etc. to attract fish to the rock. |
ribeadh | a bite. |
pronnadh | crushing act for solladh [q.v]. |
beirt | line. |
plumaid | plummet. |
snod and guts | snead and guts. |
mudhar, pl. mùdhraichean | fly. |
a dol gu mudhar | going out in a boat using rods and flies. |
gad | a length of flies – three or more hooks; a number of fish on a string. |
slugag | round hollow in the rock where solladh [q.v.] is made. |
slaopadh | warm water poured over bait to make it more tender and opens shell. |
sgèdhradh | fitting two pieces together to form a bigger rod. |
dorgh | hand line. |
brionglaid | entanglement. |
tàbh (sometimes scummar) | a large type of landing net. Parts: bogha màis, cas, cearcall, slatan, lion. |
crosgag | cross sticks or rectangle of wood for dorgh [q.v.]. |
fuaitreag | rubber eel. |
roinn an eisg | dividing the fish. One turns his back (falbh do’n chùil) while another points to each share saying each time “Whose is that?” (Co aige bi sud?). |
iasg air mo laimh | I have a fish on my line. |
comharran | land marks used for fishing grounds. |
driomlach | an old dorgh [q.v.] past using or beginning to rot but word more commonly used for the giant boot laces. |
goile-brianain | phosphorescent light in the sea or on fish. |
6. Acfhuinn sam bith eile |