Chan udas e | he is not good looking. |
grasag | a ‘fly cup’ of tea. |
fiultagan | nicky tams. |
Cha robh f/rath air | there was no sign of him. |
grapadh | a start, to startle someone. |
eicearsaich | antics. |
camard | crink in the neck in the morning. |
siolb | a quick visit, ‘siolbadh a null’. |
spugh | drills of grass left as it falls from the scythe blade. |
farasach | false stooks of hay. Upright stick inside to allow ventilation. |
draongan | pottering about. |
‘gille ceann beinge’ | some man that takes up residence in his bride’s home. Supposedly, always an outsider thus not getting near the fire but sitting on the ‘beinge’ as when he was a mere suitor. |
neathalaich | pins and needles (cold fingers placed on something hot). |
mathsluig | obese, a huge [sic]. |
lanaig | footpath to a house or on a croft. (Uig) |
geinge | wedge used to split stones. |
[Sheep] |
uan | |
othaisg | weaned lamb (1 yr). |
seota | poor quality lamb. |
tailear | lambs born with deformed feet. |
athaisg ’s tiaraineach – dianag | 2 yr old ewe. |
athdianag | 3 yr old ewe. |
croga | cast ewe. |
uan reatha/ruda | lamb ram. |
reatha | ram. |
cleamair | one testicled beast. |