1. Ag ullachadh na talmhainn airson mòine a bhuain |
feannadh | removing turf. |
glanadh | clearing the rough. |
sgriosadh | slicing the last portions before coming to peat proper. |
am poll | the peat bog. |
iarunn | = fear ’sa pholl agus fear air an treisgeir. 2 men to 1 iarunn – one cutting – one throwing out peat. 3-4 iaruinn sufficient for a year’s supply. |
a sgaoileadh | throwing out in orderly fashion. |
gàradh | ventilated wall of peat. |
fàd | depth of peat bog. Thig ceithir foidean as – 4 peat length deep. If so, 1st and 2nd layer on top, 3rd layer as gàradh, 4th layer at bottom. |
gearradh na mona | cutting peats – very seldom used ‘buain’. |
uachdar a phuill | top part where peat are laid out. |
mullach a phuill | top part where peat are laid out. |
iochdar a phuill | bottom part where peat are laid out. |
2. A’ buain na mònach; na h-innealan a chleachdar; ainmean nam fàdan, etc. |
[note] | [NOTES: the informant has changed ‘mònach’ to ‘mònadh’, and he has done so in headings 4 and 5, as well.] |
spaid | spade. |
treisgeir | peat cutter left or right footed according to user. |
gollad | the first one in each line next to where cutting stopped previous year – usually unshapely. |
fad, pl. fadan or foidean | ordinary peat. |
caoran (dubh) | small dry portion. |
moine dhùbh | black peat. |
moine bhan | turfy peat. |
moine le barr | top part turfy. |
dubhchonnadh | where the unused peat bog has cracked and you pull off lumps of it by hand. As the lumps are nearly dry they may be used soon after. |
ath-mhoine or amhoine | last year’s peat that was left on the hills and not taken home. |
pollag | a small size peat bog, not more than two depths. |
Latha Ghille Chonnaidh | New Year’s Day. Time taken for a lad to go to the hills for a bag of peats. Extra time on to the shortest day. Cf. Latha Cois-cheum Coillich. |
Latha Cois-cheum Coillich | Christmas Day. Extra time from 22nd-25th December. Difference in time amounts to the cockerel taken [sic] the hens an extra step to feed. [Cf. Latha Ghille Chonnaidh.] |
3. A’ tiormachadh na mònach |
tinnteadh, n. tinntean | 4 peats astraddle and one lying on top. |
rùdhan | an indefinite number of tinnteinean in a rounded stack according to dryness of peat. |
cruach | |
4. A’ cruachadh na mònach |
cruach | peat stack. |
ag griomhadh | making the wall round the peat stack. |
a’ tubhadh | covering the stack with the turf taken off the poll – only when left in the hills to be taken home later. |
5. A’ toirt na mònach dhachaigh; an cliabh, etc. |
cliabh, pl. cleibh | panniers. |
strathair | saddle. |
strian | reins. |
teannachan | billy rope. |
butt | bit. Much more common but heard ‘mireineach’ used by some older people. |
mireineach | bit. [Cf. butt.] |
taod | halter. The bit is not used with a taod. |
botrachan | piece of wood in the shape of a broom handle or the part of the rope covered with soft cloth passing under the tail and connected to the saddle. |
barradh | vertical wall of peat topping the creel. |
plàta | blanket under the saddle and panniers usually made of ropa ruadh or caidh-à. |
iris | the rope attaching panniers to saddle. |
craoidh | horse shoe. |
slige | shoe that has been cast and used again. |
muing | mane. |
sachd, pl. saichd | load of two panniers. |
fiaclan a chleibh | teeth of the creel. |
cliabh fraoich | creel made from heather. |
lion a’ sachd | fill the creels. |
leag a’ sachd | empty the creels. |
thuit a’ sachd | if something broke and peats fell to ground. |
suidhe boirionnaich | not astraddle. |
smùr | fragments of peat at the bottom of creel. |
[Horse] |
each | often preceded by beathach: beathach eich. |
lath | |
làir | |
searrach | |
gearran | |
falairidh | [?] |
stallan | |
àigeach | |
6. Seòrsachan mònach |
[note] | as page 2. |
7. Faclan eile |