The Lobster |
coileach | male. |
cearc | female. |
inghean | claws. |
siosor | claws. |
barail | head. |
earball | tail. |
barnaich | encrustations on back. |
berries | eggs. |
air an t-slige chur | shell-cast. |
The Creel |
cliabh | creel. |
bonn | the base. |
bodhannan | rods, before and after bending and fitting to base. |
gob | sharpened end of rod. |
lion | the netting. |
mogal | square of net. |
suil | the eye. |
clachan | weights. (Material used for weights – slabs concrete, weights of old windows.) |
strang-bhiadhaidh | bait-holder. |
buidhe rop (?) | rope. |
argannan | floats, [made of] cork, at head (ceann shuas), aig gach sia treathan. |
oisean | door (for admitting hand). |
gad | fleet of creels, when attached to a single line. |
Fishing |
cur | shooting a creel. |
tarraing | hauling a creel. |
togail nan cliabh | hauling a creel. |
biathadh | bait. |
Kinds of bait used |
rionnach | |
Cleaning a creel, what creatures found within |
crubagan | |
deiseagan | |
faochagan | |
easgannan | |
bodaich ruadh | [?] |
mucan creagan | |
gibneach | octopus. |
dallag | |
Natures of ground |
rocan | |
bodhannan | |
sgorran | |
Other terms |
rop air bleith | fraying, or frayed, rope. |
rop gearrte | broken rope. |
cliabh air a dhol a sàs | creel wedged on ground. |
gearradh inghe a ghiomaich | tying claws of lobsters. |
bocsa ghiomach | keep-box. |
ròp is acair | moorings of keep-box. |