The Lobster |
giomach fìreann | male lobster. |
giomach boireann | female lobster. |
spogan | claws. |
spog mhór | large claw. |
siosar | large claw. |
spog bheag | small claw. |
ceann | head. |
giuran | gills. |
urball (m) | tail. |
bogag (f) bogagan (pl) | soft-shelled lobster. |
slige | shell-cast. |
bomar (m) | lobster with both claws missing. (From David MacClounnan, Tiree.) |
The Creel |
cliabh-ghiomach | creel. |
deanamh cléibh | making a creel. |
fiodh | the base. |
boghachan | rods. |
cinn bhiorach | sharpened ends of rods. |
lìon | the netting. Attached to base by marlin twine – sreanganan (strings). |
cur lìon air cliabh | netting a creel. |
Tha mi comhdachadh a’ chliabh. | |
sùil | the eye. |
clach | weight. |
sreang bhiathaidh | bait-holder. |
ròpa | rope (manilla). |
buidhe, buidheachan | floats. |
arachd, arachdan | cork floats. |
dorus | door (for admitting hand). |
ròbh, robhaichean (pl) | fleet of creels, when attached to a single line. |
Fishing |
cur a-mach nan cléibh | shooting a creel. |
slaodadh | hauling a creel. |
biadh-chléibh | bait. |
kinds used |
reannach (righinn) | |
lèabagan (righinn) | |
sgat (righinn) | |
Cleaning a creel, what creatures found within |
glanadh a’ chléibh | cleaning a creel. |
cruban, crubain (m) | |
partan | |
conach (m), conachagan | whelk, 3" [?] long. |
Other terms |
milleadh air an ròp | fraying, or frayed, rope. |
ropa briste | broken rope. |
Tha an cliabh an greim | creel wedged on ground. |
ceangal na spògan le sreang | tying claws of lobsters. |
bocsa ghiomach | keep-box. |
acair, acraichean | moorings of keep-box. |