marag | Quotation: ’S e [fjoʔəs] na maraig a feuchainn. Notes: see fiùthas. |
mearcadan | Quotation: pl. na mearcadain. Notes: eggs laid on the hair of horse’s legs; licked by the horse; lodge on the wall of stomach until fully fed. Seems to be eggs of the horse bot fly. Horse sometimes given “bralais” and then purged with a mixture of turpentine and linseed oil. |
mór | Quotation: cas mhór. Notes: see cas. |
muc | Quotation: gnos muice. Notes: sow-mouth. In sheep, cattle and horses where the lower jaw is short. |
poit | Quotation: Cha tig as a’ phoit ach an toit a th’ innte. |
salach | Quotation: beul salach. Notes: see “beul”. |
sgàire | [sɡɑ:ɾə] Notes: a cutting tool for trimming a horse’s hooves. |
sònraich | Quotation: Na bith ’gad [hɔ:ɾɑxəɣ] (ɔ not nasalised) fhéin. Notes: Don’t be putting yourself on a pedestal. |
spòg | Quotation: a’ spòg dhubh. Notes: disease peculiar to sheep whereby the skin becomes like jelly and turns black. The animal becomes blown up. |
stùrt | [st̪u̜:rt̪] Quotation: a’ stùrt. Notes: blindness in sheep caused by eating grass which grew among dog droppings. The parasite was to be found in a small bag of fluid on the brain. If this bag was on the right side the animal turned right; on the left, turned left; on both sides, went forward. Attracted by water. |
teineachar | Notes: a pair of pliers used by blacksmith. |
toit | Quotation: Cha tig as a’ phoit ach an toit a th’innte. |
beul | Quotation: beul salach. Notes: swelling of the gums in horses, usually the top gum extending downwards and the horse couldn’t eat. Cut out, sometimes with a hot iron. |
bó | Quotation: Tha na bà a stigh. Notes: The cattle are in. |
cas | Quotation: cas mhór. Notes: one of the horse’s hind legs swelled up. |
claimh | Quotation: a’ chlaimh [əxɫɑif]. Notes: scabs. Loss of wool in sheep. Contagious. |
clòimh | [kɫɔ̃:i] Notes: used of a hen’s feathers. |
clupaid | Quotation: a’ chlupaid [əxɫu̜ʰpidʹʒ]. Notes: swelling of the neck in sheep and cattle (liver fluke?). |
cràgair | [kɾɑ:ɡɑɾ] Notes: the part at the back of the horseshoe which is turned down. |
critheanach | Quotation: a’ chritheanach. Notes: in both cattle and sheep. Water on the brain. The animal went blind and went round in circles. (Cf. an critheanach – AMI, Islay.) |
dubh | Quotation: a’ spòg dhubh. Notes: see spòg. |
fiùthas (?) | Quotation: ’S e [fjoʔəs] na maraig a feuchainn. |
galair | Quotation: galair nan cearc. |
gnos | Quotation: gnos muice. Notes: sow-mouth: in sheep, cattle, horses, where the lower jaw is short. |
gruth | Notes: curds. Made from fresh warm milk with rennet added. |