Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and IllustrationsDixon, John H. (John Henry)
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Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations
Dixon, John H. (John Henry)
Gairloch (Scotland) -- Guidebooks; Gairloch (Scotland) -- History; Ross and Cromarty (Scotland) -- History
_Bidean clann Raonaild_ (peetyan clan ruynuld), Clan
Ranald's peak. _Bidean_, a peak.
_Blar na Fala_ (blar ner falla), Plain of the blood. _Blar_,
a plain or bog, or flat place; _fala_, possessive of _fuil_,
blood.
_Blar na Pairc_ (blar ner park), Battle of the park.
_Pairc_, possessive of _parc_, a park or field.
_Bonaid donn_ (boanat down), Brown bonnet. _Bonaid_, a
bonnet, a cap; _donn_, brown.
_Boor_ (bore). Either from _buradh_, a bursting forth of
blood; or from a word containing the root _boor_, meaning
"roaring," because stags used to roar here.
_Bothie_ (bothy, _othie_ pronounced as in frothy), a little
hut or hovel. _Both_, a hut. Compare English _booth_. The
_ie_ is an old Gaelic diminutive, often written _idh_.
_Braemore_, properly _Braighmor_ (bray more), Great summit
or hill. _Mor_, great; _braigh_, summit.
_Breac_ (brake), spotted, marked with smallpox (when applied
to human beings), a trout.
_Breacan an Fheilidh_ (brayken an aylie), the belted or
kilted plaid. _Breacan_, a tartan plaid; _fheilidh_,
possessive of _feileadh_, a kilt.
_Bruachaig_ (brooachak). Perhaps from _Bruach_, and
_achadh_, a field; _bruach_, a bank, border, edge, steep;
_aig_, means a small bay in old Danish.
_Buaile na luib_ (pool na loop), Fold of the bend. From
_buaile_, a fold; and _luib_, a bend or loop.
_Buidhe_ (boo-ie), yellow-haired, yellow.
_Cabar Feidh_ (kapper fay), deer's antler. _Cabar_, antler,
or a stick; _feiah_, possessive of _fiagh_, deer.
_Cabar Lar_ (kapper law), Turf parer. _Cabar_, a stick;
_lar_, a floor, the ground.
_Cadha Beag_ (kaar pek), Little pass in the rock. _Beag_,
little; _cadha_, a pass in a rock.
_Cailleach a Mhuillear_ (kaillyoch a vuillyear), The
miller's wife. _Cailleach_, an old woman; _muillear_,
miller.
_Cailleach Liath Rasaidh_ (kaillyoch leear raasa), Grey old
woman of Raasay. _Cailleach_, an old woman; _liath_, grey
(light blue when not applied to a human being).
_Callum a Ghlinne_ (kallum a glinnie), Malcolm of the glen.
_Callum_, Malcolm.
_Carn a Ghlinne_ (karn a glinnie), Cairn of the glen.
_Carn_, a cairn or heap of stones; _ghlinne_, possessive of
_gleann_, a glen.
_Carn Anthony_ (karn anthony), Cairn of Anthony. _Carn_, a
heap of stones.
_Carn Dearg_ (karn jarrak). Red cairn. _Carn_, a heap of
stones. See _Dearg_.
_Carn Liath_ (karn leear), Light blue cairn. _Carn_, a heap
of stones; _liath_, light blue.
_Cas chrom_ (kas-rhoum), foot plough; literally crooked
foot, from _cas_, a foot; and _crom_, crooked.
_Cathair mhor_ (kaar more). Big seat, _i.e._ Fairies' seat.
See _Kerrysdale_.
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