Iasgach a’ Ghiomaich / Lobster-Fishing

Informant(s)
Name
Angus MacLennan
Age
[50]
Location
Harris, Sgarastamhor
The Lobster
coileachmale.
cearcfemale.
ingheanclaws.
siosorclaws.
barailhead.
earballtail.
barnaichencrustations on back.
berrieseggs.
air an t-slige churshell-cast.
The Creel
cliabhcreel.
bonnthe base.
bodhannanrods, before and after bending and fitting to base.
gobsharpened end of rod.
lionthe netting.
mogalsquare of net.
suilthe eye.
clachanweights. (Material used for weights – slabs concrete, weights of old windows.)
strang-bhiadhaidhbait-holder.
buidhe rop (?)rope.
argannanfloats, [made of] cork, at head (ceann shuas), aig gach sia treathan.
oiseandoor (for admitting hand).
gadfleet of creels, when attached to a single line.
Fishing
curshooting a creel.
tarrainghauling a creel.
togail nan cliabhhauling a creel.
biathadhbait.
Kinds of bait used
rionnach
Cleaning a creel, what creatures found within
crubagan
deiseagan
faochagan
easgannan
bodaich ruadh[?]
mucan creagan
gibneachoctopus.
dallag
Natures of ground
rocan
bodhannan
sgorran
Other terms
rop air bleithfraying, or frayed, rope.
rop gearrtebroken rope.
cliabh air a dhol a sàscreel wedged on ground.
gearradh inghe a ghiomaichtying claws of lobsters.
bocsa ghiomachkeep-box.
ròp is acairmoorings of keep-box.

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