Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Angus John MacPhail
Age
c. 80
Origin
Locheport
Location
North Uist, Locheport
Date
02/1969
mòineQuotation: mòine chìb or chìbeach. Notes: light stringy peat.
simealair-crochaidhNotes: a wooden chimney hung above the fire.
slabhraidhNotes: the chain over the old fireplace.
aghaidhQuotation: aghaidh na cruaiche. Notes: the open end of the peatstack.
breac-thalamhNotes: sandy soil.
cìbQuotation: mòine chìb. Notes: light, stringy peat. Also “mòine chìbeach”.
cìbeachQuotation: mòine chìbeach. Notes: light, stringy peat.
cona-chruachNotes: a small stack made on the peat bank when a lot of “rùbhain” are collected together.
cromagNotes: the hook at the end of the “slabhraidh”.
dubh-thalamhNotes: peaty soil.
allaibh[?] [ɑɫu̜] Quotation: Thiormaich e cho [ɑɫu̜]. Notes: “It dried so quickly.” [NOTES: slipped under ‘ealamh’.]
glutanadhNotes: the packing between the double walls of the blackhouse.

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