Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Mrs Lachlan MacDonald
Location
North Uist, Hoghagearraidh [Hougharry]
Date
[1987-88]
Fieldworker
A. O’Henley
meallach Moireshellfish shaped like a cockle (strùban) but noticeably larger in size. Finely shaped.
talachlooking down on something you have received. “Tha i talach air an aodach a fhuair i.”
chlos thuyou quietened down, shut up.
durabhaidhi.e. used for an unpleasant, dour character. “Duine durabhaidh.”
plodan (-ain)divot(s) of turf.
plàparsaichin this instance used to describe weather conditions – “Tha plàparsaich de thiorramachd orra.” – meaning a little dryness.
scuidsaireachdmessing about almost, similar to ‘luidreadh’. Heard this being used in the context of women making tea at a whist drive – “Bha mi a’ scuidsaireachd aig tì.” [NOTES: there is (g) added above ‘c’ in ‘scuidsaireachd’. Not clear if this refers to a variant spelling or pronunciation.]
traoitairused of a greedy person. Attached to the meaning of this word is an element of thieving.
liuchafter taking cream off the milk, this word would be heard – “Cha robh liuch air fhàgail.” i.e. not a speck of cream was left on the milk.
bainne caolanother name for ‘bainne togalach’.
mìlleag (-an)refers to a stage in butter making when the cream had been whipped to the extent that it became small fragments – ‘mìlleagan’.
camhraichafter winnowing some of the grain was kept to be soaked in water for about two or three days. Thereafter it was sifted and boiled and left to form a jelly like substance. Eaten as a jelly, slightly bitter in taste.
caraigainnIrish moss. Some boil the weed and take it as a drink. Not very pleasant apparently.
a’ sguallaichblethering, gossiping.
fàrna watchword.
strìgeana loud explosion.
uiliochdmistletoe.
iodasintegrity.
miodasdishonesty.
crulastanunlimited kindness, hospitality. “Cha robh cumhnadh air crulastan.”
feoinein is feonagwaiter and waitress.
firistresearcher.
lufadhexercise as in exercising your limbs.
meoghto caress. “Bha i a’ meogh na teudan air an fhidhill.”
fanairea positive note in music which ties musical notes, links movements.
fluasgmusical progression, successive movements.

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