| 1. Different stages in the growth of sheep (female) |
| uan “borran” | female lamb. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| uan “ferrin” | male lamb. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| oasg | year old female. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| caora “hesk” | sheep that missed the ram. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| beal “prest” | broken mouthed. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 2. Different stages in the growth of sheep (male) |
| 3. Different stages in the growth of the castrated male |
| moult | wedder. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 4. Sheep’s appearance |
| caorich brucach | brown faced sheep. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| dubh ceannich | black faced sheep. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| caora gheal | white sheep. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| ruisg trom | heavy fleece. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| caora “urragach” | big horned sheep. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| caora maol | sheep with no horns. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| [caorich mhor] | Cheviots are usually called by the English name of the breed and about 50 years ago as caorich mhor. |
| caora “ravar” | fat sheep. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 5. Miscellaneous |
| pait | pet lamb. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| ruit | partly castrated ram. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| riath | ram. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 6. Feeding and grazing |
| 7. Handling of sheep |
| fuadachin | driving to grazing. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| trusachin | gathering for dipping, etc. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| fanga | fank. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| dippar | dipping trough. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| drippar | dripping pen alongside tank. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| keel, buist | marking. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| corrarich | lug marking. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| spoth | castrating. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| keer, keer | call to a pet lamb. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 8. Apparatus |
| teaghair | tether. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| keepan | tether stake. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| foodlan | swivel. (Stoer, Assynt) The “foodlan” is usually an oblong piece of hard wood 4" x 2" x ½" (bigger for cattle) with two holes. The tether threaded through each hole from different side with an overhand knot on each rope, thus revolving in the “foodlan”. The modern iron swivel was merely called “sweevil”. |
| 9. Diseases |
| toak | cataract on eyes. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| plock | fluck (bag under jaw). (Stoer, Assynt) |
| spoota | diarrhoea. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| ruaidh | inflamed udder. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| sclateran | flukes in liver. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| silad | sheep louse or keb. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| creag | sheep struck by fly (maggots). (Stoer, Assynt) Tha creag “ooya” – ooya is used in Stoer for orra. |
| 10. Parts of the body |
| ceann | head. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| crackan | hide. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| ugh | udder. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| shinnan | teats. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| arnan | kidneys. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| skavan | lungs. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| atha | liver. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| stamag | stomach. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| culan | intestines. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| mionach | intestines. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| thannie or tannie | abdominal fat. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| geer | fat round kidneys. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| garr | contents of the stomach. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| broo (bru) | belly. Tha broo mhor oyia. |
| broinn | usually applied to the inside in general. An a bhroinn na caora. |
| 11. Lambing |
| cur uan | sheep in labour. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| salachar | afterbirth. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 12. Miscellaneous |
