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| Moorland
Culture > Moorlands Vocabulary |
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> Gaelic Terms relating to Scottish Moorlands |
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Black grouse: liath-chearc (female) /
coileach-dubh (male) Farmer: tuathanach Fishing: ag iasgach Gamekeeper: geamair Heather: fraoch Honey: mil Lamb: uan Mat (made from heather): mata-fraoich Moor: sliabh (in Cairngorm area) mòinteach
& monadh also used in other parts of Gaelic Scotland. |
Muirburn: falaisg Peat: mòine (substance) / fàd (single peat for fire) Red deer: fiadh (singular) / fèidh
(plural) Rope (made from heather): sìoman-fraoich Sheep: caora (singular) / caoraich (plural) Shepherd: cìobair Shooting: a’ losgadh Stag: damh-ruadh Stalking: a’ sealg Thatch (made from heather): tughadh-fraoich Venison: sitheann Whisky: uisge-beatha |