1. Different stages in the growth of sheep (female) |
female |
uan boireann | |
oisg bhoireann | 1st shear. |
dianag | 2nd shear. |
caora | sheep. |
caora sheasg | eild sheep. |
croca | cast ewe. |
male |
uan fiorean | |
uan reithe | |
oisg fhiorean | |
reithe | |
molt | castrated. |
da bhliadhnach muilt | |
tri bhliadhnach muilt | |
2. Different stages in the growth of sheep (male) |
uan | lamb. |
uan reithe | lamb ram. |
oisg reithe | 1st shear ram. |
ath oisg | between 1st and 2nd shearing. |
reithe | ram. |
3. Different stages in the growth of the castrated male |
uan | |
oisg | hogg, 1st shear. |
ath oisg | |
molt | da bhliadhnach: 2nd shear. tri bhliadhnach: 3rd shear. |
4. Sheep’s appearance |
caora bhreac | speckled [sheep]. |
caora bhàn | white-faced sheep. |
caora dhubh cheannach | black-faced sheep. |
caora gheal | undipped [sheep]. |
caora mhaol | sheep with no horns. |
ceann trom | large-horned. |
caora reamhar | fat sheep. |
5. Miscellaneous |
rùd | partly castrated ram. |
6. Feeding and grazing |
7. Handling of sheep |
cuir ri feur | drive out to grass. |
toirt dhachaidh | bringing sheep home. |
fangadh | fank. |
gepean | [?] small flock. |
fang ghlacaidh | catching fank. |
8. Apparatus |
9. Diseases |
10. Parts of the body |
[note] | as in cattle. [NOTES: the following list copied from Mr Fraser’s ‘cattle’ questionnaire.] |
ceann | head. |
amhaich | neck. |
adharcean | horns. |
bathais | forehead. |
calg | hair. |
seiche | hide. |
gualain | shoulder. |
broileach | breast. |
caisean-uchd | breast. |
cnamh droma | back bone. |
cridhe | heart. |
cuisein | artery. |
fuil | blood. |
sgamhan | lungs. |
feith-direach | windpipe. |
grudhan | liver. |
airnean | kidney. |
luch-bhlian | spleen. |
domb-gall | bladder. |
maodal | stomach. |
caolan | colon. |
tanaidh | fat. |
11. Lambing |
breith uan | lambing. |
cuir ri reithe | put to ram. |
salchair | afterbirth. |
12. Miscellaneous |
bun earbuill | tail stump. |
caora chlamhach | scabby sheep. |