Àiteach / Agriculture

Informant(s)
Name
?
Location
[Arran? see the comment under 3]
Notes
  • [NOTES: the original title of the questionnaire is “Land Cultivation”.]
  • [NOTES: the only information on the first page – ‘2nd List’.]
  • [NOTES: pronunciation spelling almost throughout.]
1. Land division and allocation
(a) Specific portions or allotments into which arable land is divided
iomairerig.
clasidhhollow between rigs.
clara division of land about 3 rigs in width used when farm was held separately between two tenants.
Rotation of crop
shiol feer (f)lea corn.
groond-buntatapotato land.
shiol fearan dearg (f)red land corn.
feurhay (grass).
corkey (f)oats.
feurachagpasture.
(b) Various types of arable land
an dreel (f)potatoes in drill.
an giada (f)potatoes in lazy bed.
garagplot or garden.
paàrk (f)field.
paàrk mhòrbig field.
groond gan bharfallow ground or ground without crop.
groond trochaploughed land.
lakinland between croft and hill.
eintlease.
clàrword for divisions of land held separately between two tenants.
(c) Actual dividing and allocating of land, e.g. casting lots
(d) Land owned or held under leases of various duration
croitcroft.
fearannfarm.
iondlease.
2. Harness of a horse
(a) The harness of a horse as used in the performance of different tasks
For carting:
braìdhcollar.
sraher (f)saddle.
brekish (f)britches.
 blinders.
For ploughing:
braìdhcollar.
braidh-maidjewooden hems [sic].
toogachains.
grailikin (f)plough trees.
Harrowing:
cliadhanharrows.
cliagharrowing in field.
(b) Different parts of the harness for carting
(c) Different parts of the harness for ploughing or harrowing
3. Carts
(a) The common farm-yard cart
“cartch”the farm yard cart.
feunthe farm yard cart. [NOTES: ‘feun’ added in pencil.]
cartch monaidhcart for use in taking home peats, “creel”.
[couping cart](No couping carts in Arran.)
(b) Different parts of a cart
1. Body
2. Trams
3. Wheel and axle
an rothwheel.
asheryaxle.
iomlacnave.
4. Decorations
Colour:
doanbrown.
gorhamgreen.
(c) Other words associated with carting
4. The plough
(a) Different kinds of ploughs
beartch èiraniron plough.
seisrigha pair of horses. Two horses for ploughing in light soil.
(b) Parts of a plough in detail
reestmould board.
coutarcoltair.
5. Harrows and swingle trees
(a) Different types of harrows
cliathanharrows.
grailaikenswingle trees.
(b) Swingle trees
na toughachanchains.
6. Spring work
(a) Fertilisers and fertilising
1. Fertilisers
feamairesea-weed.
“seol mara”sea weed cut off the rocks.
eanyarfarm yard manure.
2. The actual work performed, e.g. transporting seaweed/manure to field
kartach feumari (f)carting seaweed.
kartach eïnar (f)carting farmyard manure.
3. Implements used for lifting, carrying and spreading manure or seaweed
gràpa cròmgraip for pulling dung out of cart.
bhara-rothwheelbarrow. [NOTES: ‘th’ added in pencil.]
(b) Turning and tilling the soil
1. Implements used for turning or tilling the soil
beartchplough.
cleahanharrows.
2. Parts of the implements used
3. Words used in connection with tilling the soil, e.g. digging
gaidalazy bed.
breashachfirst furrow.
(c) Seed planting
1. Names of seeds planted and words used for sowing or planting these
cuir corkasowing corn.
cuir buntataplanting potatoes [NOTES: originally ‘phuntata’, corrected in pencil.]
cnapsingle potato. [NOTES: the last item added in pencil.]
2. Names of any special sack, basket etc. used for carrying seed when sowing or planting
am bràtapron for plating potatoes.
3. Names of any special implement used for planting
7. Summer work
(a) Cleaning and weeding potatoes
gartlanweeding.
(b) Thinning and weeding other crops
tennach (f)thinning turnips.
8. Autumn work
(a) Hay making
1. The implement used for (a) cutting (b) raking and turning (c) lifting and stacking
coransickle.
spealscythe.
clach spealsharpener.
2. Name the parts of the implements mentioned
coranreaping hook.
3. Various stages of hay-making
(b) Corn cutting and securing
1. Implements used for cutting, raking, binding, lifting into stacks etc.
speal (f)implement for cutting corn or hay.
buain (f)cutting corn or hay.
keal an skuab (f)binding the sheaf.
cuir-a steach (ans) an eilan (f)[sic] taking in to stackyard.
2. Bands (for tying corn), sheaves, stooks etc.
adagstook. 6 sheaves for redland corn, 8 sheaves for lea corn.
3. Stack making (in yard)
moulinstack.
roapinropes.
touahthatch.
sooganheather and/or straw ropes.
4. Methods of carrying or transporting corn from field to cornyard
cur is stachcarting in corn.
(c) Potato lifting and storing
1. Implements
claioch lei graipa (f)digging with graips.
2. Sack, creel, barrow etc. used for carrying potatoes in field and to steading
bascaid (f)basket.
caiteagbasket. [NOTES: ‘caiteag’ added in pencil.]
3. Where potatoes are kept or stored
f.[gender?] cheevitch [?] for covering potatoes.
4. Potato diseases
(d) Other crops (Lifting and storing)
1. Implements used for lifting
2. How and where crop is stored
3. Diseases/insects which attack the particular crop(s)
9. Winter work
(a) Land drainage
1. Drains, ditches etc.
dig (jeek) (f)ditch.
2. Implements used
sluasid cas fada (f)long shafted shovel.
(b) Potato cutting for seed
1. Instruments used
2. Different kinds of potatoes
(c) Corn threshing
1. Implements used
f suisead buailtean[gender?] flail.
daisheaps of sheaves.
2. Threshing
boidenachbattleing [sic] straw. [NOTES: this item added in pencil.]
(d) Grain winnowing
1. Devices used
2. How constructed and materials used. Winnowing.
10. Permanent structures/buildings for storing crops
(a) Stack-yard
f iolainn[gender?] stack-yard.
iolannbarn yard.
(b) Barn and parts of a barn
sabhalbarn.
11. Modern implements and machines

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