Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Hugh Macintosh
Age
c. 70
Location
Sutherland, Portskerra
Date
1969
ath-storadhQuotation: ag ath-storadh a’ mhóine. Notes: making larger heaps of peats than when at first lifting. (ath-storagan)
ath-storag[ɑst̪ɔɾɑɡ] Notes: a larger collection of peats than the ‘storag’, usually incorporating a few ‘storagan’.
iunnlar[jũ̜:ɫɑɾ] Notes: for ùrlar: floor.
siomailidh[ʃĩməli] Notes: chimney.
spaid-riachaidh[spedʹriɑxi] Notes: rutting spade for lining the peat bank.
stòradhQuotation: a’ stòradh a’ mhóine. Notes: lifting peats to dry, first lifting made into “stòragan”.
stòrag[st̪ɔ:ɾɑɡ] Notes: small stack of peats built at first lifting. Also ath-stòrag.
sùidh[su̜:i] Notes: soot.
bùrag[bu̜:ɾɑɡ] Notes: a turf divot.
caibeQuotation: caibe-làir [cebɫɑ:ɾ]. Notes: flauchter spade.
càradhQuotation: a’ càradh. Notes: building the outer shell of the peatstack.
clòsaid[kɫɔ:sɑdʹ] Notes: the small central bedroom in a house of two main rooms.
druim-beagNotes: the small of the back.
eallach[joɫɑx] Notes: a load.
eibheil[e:vəl] Notes: pl. [e:vələṉ].
fóid[fo:dʹ] Notes: turf divot such as put on a roof.
gabhQuotation: a’ gabhail mu’n teine. Notes: banking up the fire at night.

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