Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Bertie MacKenzie
Location
Skye, Staffin
Date
07/1970
lamp-eòlan[ɫ[ɑ̃ũ̟]mpjɔ:ɫɑ̃ṉ] Notes: oil lamp, sometimes applied to the crùisgean.
lonaigNotes: a path through the croft.
maor-cladaichNotes: he regulated the distribution of seaweed.
milteagNotes: bundle of 12 “slògagan” q.v.
slògag[sɫɔ:ɡɑɡ] Notes: “slates” made up of small sheaves of corn. The seed was removed and the sheaf tied at the top of the stalks. The bottom part was then spread out like a fan. This was done in autumn. They were then laid in “bundles” of a dozen over the winter. By spring they were placed flat. Put on roof like slates.
traon[t̪ɾw̃:ṉ] Notes: corncrake.
beart-shùganNotes: rope-making tool.
ceirle-shiomainNotes: could be a ball of hay, straw or heather rope.
froigh-shnigheNotes: a slight dripping of water from the thatch after it had been newly thatched.
glùnNotes: support for the rafter between it and the top of the wall inside.
gormariachan[ɡɔɾɔmɑɾiɑxɑṉ] Notes: a snipe.

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