Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Sam Nicolson
Location
Skye, Staffin
Date
07/1970
lorgNotes: the handle of the flail.
ròpQuotation: ròp anairt. Notes: clothes line.
siolQuotation: deireadh an t-sìl. Notes: very poor seed which rose to the top when using the criathar. Lifted off with the hands.
niùsgachNotes: plant from which a brown dye was made.
plàtaQuotation: plàta fasgnaidh.
simide[ʃĩmidʹə] Notes: potato masher.
spàr[spɑ:r] Notes: crosspiece in harrows.
stràc[st̪ɾɑ:xk] Notes: a swathe of corn or hay.
tòrrNotes: a fairly large collection of drying peats on the bank.
urlar-bualaidh[ɤu̜ɫɑɾbuɤɫi] Notes: platform of wood on which corn was threshed with the flail.
anartQuotation: ròp anairt. Notes: clothes line.
càrnNotes: a “hut” of corn.
ceannadach[cɛ̃n̪ɑd̪ɑx] Notes: end-rig.
cnaimh[kɾɛ̃:v] Notes: short piece of furrow left unturned by the plough.
damhQuotation: daimh [d̪ɛ̃f] – plural. Notes: main beam in harrows.
deasgainnNotes: made from the “caolan mór” of the rabbit. The “caolan” was put into a bottle and salt and water added.
deireadhQuotation: deireadh an t-sìl. Notes: very poor seed which rose to the top when using the criathar. Lifted off with the hands.
fòidearNotes: the person who turns pieces left unturned by the plough.
foidearachdNotes: turning the short pieces left unturned by the plough.
froigh-shnigheNotes: water seeping in at the top of the wall.
gath-drama[ɡɑd̪ɾɑ̃mə] Notes: ridge-pole.
gniomhQuotation: a’ gniomhadh a’ chruaich.
goc[ɡɔxk] Notes: used for water-tap.

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