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Informant(s)
Name
Noel Smith
Age
[38]
Origin
[Inverness-shire, Nethy Bridge]
Location
Inverness-shire, Nethy Bridge
Date
21/12/19??
[note](...) se sin cuid de dh’fhaclan a chula [sic] mi bho chionn beagan bhlidhnachan [sic] air ais ’nuair a bha m’Athair is na coimhearsnaich mun chuairt an so a’ bruidhinn a’ Ghaidhlig ged is ainneamh a tha i air a’ bruidhinn aig an làtha an diugh.
tuinealthis word was usually applied to any young animal or child which showed great energy and very active when playing.
torr-neadthis was the smallest pig or pup in the litter and it usually implied being a weakling.
strùlaga volume of water coming from a pipe usually where the water was got for the house.
creineaga very dry bit of peat broken off the main peat.
chridheananthe bit of ground or the lair where the peats were spread out to dry.
folachalthough this word meaning (hide) in in [sic] Gaelic was used about here when a person was getting any little odds and ends for nothing and very often applied if the ghillie got anything home out of the larder during the stalking season.
cachdanimal manure. Same meaning as ‘buachair’.
bùrrmorthis was applied to a person who was in the huff and was not speaking.
lochgairsguitthe chase or pursuit or the nearest other Gaelic word I can think of being ‘ruaig’.
ciòpana hen’s gizzard or crop.
mòrlana person of low or humble position.
mòchlinnwandering about aimlessly.
[note]This is my own idea of spelling these words as I have never seen them written.

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