Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Alex Macintosh
Age
early 50s
Origin
North Uist, Grimsay
Location
Inverness
Date
04/1969, 05/1969
mìreanachNotes: horse’s bit.
muir-tiachd[mu̜ɾtʹiɑxk] Notes: jellyfish.
naosgNotes: snipe.
siabadh[ʃiɤbəɣ] Notes: “seaweed washed ashore”.
siolag[ʃıɔɫɑɡ] Notes: a sand-eel.
sùil-an-òir[su̟:lən̪ɔ:ɾ] Notes: “a small fish about the size of a cuddy or smaller. Has golden coloured scales which come off easily.”
tarbh-shiolag[t̪ɑɾɑvhiɤɫɑɡ] Notes: “the male sand-eel, which has a poisonous sting.”
carran-creigNotes: a small rock fish which has a big mouth like a monkfish. [NOTES: slipped under ‘carran-creige’.]
crosgag-thràghadNotes: starfish.
cullachNotes: tom-cat.
garbhag[ɡɑɾɑvɑɡ] Notes: a spotted flatfish (probably plaice).
gibneach[ɡʹibnʹɔx] Notes: octopus.
gocan-cuthaig[ɡɔxkɑ̃ṉku̟ɑɡʹ]

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