The Lobster |
fireann | male. |
boireann | female. |
siosar | large claws. |
baraile | head. |
earball | tail. |
giomach screigeag | encrustations on back. |
uighean | eggs. |
giomach bog | soft-shelled lobster. |
a’ cath na slige | shell-cast. |
giomach bochd | lobster with claw missing. |
giomach beag | immature lobster. |
The Creel |
cliabh | creel. |
bonn | the base. |
boghannan | rods, before and after bending and fitting to base. |
goban | sharpened ends of rods. |
lion | the netting, hand knitted. |
a cuir lion air, srang | [sic] netting a creel. |
an t-osan | the eye. |
srang bhiathaidh | bait-holder. |
putaichean | floats, made of sheep skin an [and?] tar. |
[door] | (door for admitting hand – opening in net, and closed with string) |
srang chlèibh | fleet of creels, when attached to a single line. |
gad | fleet of creels, when attached to a single line. |
Fishing |
a’ cur | shooting a creel. |
a’ tarruing | hauling a creel. |
biathadh | bait. |
Kinds used |
rionnach | (latterly) |
bioraich | |
sgadan | |
liabag | |
Cleaning a creel, what creatures found within |
easgann | |
langa | |
crùbag | |
biast dhubh | |
dà sgarbh | |
crògan | dog whelks. |
Natures of ground |
roc | hard ground. |
làthach | soft ground, [?] clay. |
Other terms |
rop briste | broken rope. |
[tying claws of lobsters] | (device used for tying claws of lobsters – rubber bands) |
bocsa mor | keep-box. |
ròp garbh | moorings of keep box. |
cara | pond. |