Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Alasdair MacIomhair
Location
Milngavie
Date
[1987-88]
Fieldworker
A. O’Henley
Notes
  • [NOTES: some notes added (most probably by K. D. MacDonald?). See below for details.]
broda gaff with a hook used to draw out lobsters. This could only be used at spring tide.
ceann cròpaiga dish, most likely a starter made with the liver of a fish, preferably that of a cod or ling. This was mixed with onions, oatmeal and seasoned with salt and pepper. The mix was then pushed into the fish’s head which was wrapped in white thread. It was then cooked along with another bit of fish. Could also be used to make soup. [NOTES: ‘cròpaig’ corrected to ‘cropaig’.]
fiasgainmussels.
maorachlimpet.
bearneach [sic]limpet.
faochagwinkle.
mursiunn [sic]razor fish.
conochgagoyster shell? You can hear the echo of the sea if you put it close to your ear.
leòpagflounder. [NOTES: corrected to ‘leòbag’.]
portansmall crab.
liaghagseaweed moving to and fro in the sea water.
creachainclams.
duiseaganentrails of a sheep before they have been cleaned.

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