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" Min-fheur chaorach is barra-b/iraonan.^' — M'Intyre, 

 Soft sheep grass and the flower of the tormentil. 



Irish : Jiea7?ihnaid, a pearl (in Gaelic : neonaid). Welsh : tresgl y 

 vioch. 



Comarum palustre — Marsh cinquefoil. Gaelic : ciiig bhileach 

 uisge, the water five-leaved plant. 



Fragaria vesca — Wood strawberry. Gaelic: subh (or siith) 

 thalmhain, the earth's sap, the earth's delight (from siibh or siigh, 

 sap, juice; also delight, pleasure, joy, mirth) ; thalmhain, of the 

 earth. 



" Theu'ig siibh-tkalmhain nam bruach." — M'DONALD. 

 The wild strawberries of the bank are done. 



Subhan laire, the ground sap ; tlachd subh, pleasant fruit. 



" Stibhain /«/;r s'faile ghroiseidean." — M'Intyre. 

 Wild strawberries and the odour of gooseberries. 



Suthag, a strawberry or raspberry. 



" Gur deirge n'ant suthag an ruthodh tha'd ghmidh," 

 Thy cheeks are ruddier than the strawberry. 



Irish : catog, the strawberry bush. Cath, seeds (the seedy fruit). 

 \Velsh : inefussen. . 



Rubus (from I'ub, red in Celtic), in reference to the colour of 

 the fruit in some species. 



Rubus chamaemorus — Cloudberry. Gaelic : oireag, variously 

 written, — oighreag, foighreag, feireag. Irish : eireag {(vom eireachd, 

 beauty). 



" Breac \e feireagan is cruin dearg ceann." — M'Intyre. 

 Checkered with cloudberries with round red heads. 



" The cloudberry is the most grateful fruit gathered by the 

 Scotch Highlanders " (Neill). 



The badge of Clan M'Farlane. 



Cr//^^;/-;/^ j-^^/M, " the dwarf mountain bramble." (O'Reilly, 

 Armstrong, and others). Probably this is another name for the 

 cloudberry, but its peculiar and untranslatable name furnishes no 

 certain clue to what plant it was formerly applied. 



R. saxatilis — Stone bramble. Gaelic : caora bad jnia?in, the 

 berry of the desirable cluster. Ruiteaga, redness, a slight tinge 

 of red. 



R. idaeus — Raspberry. Gaelic : preas siibh chraobh {craobh, a 

 tree, a sprout, a bud), the bush with sappy sprouts. 



" Faile nan suth-chraobh 

 A's nan rosann." — MTntyre. 

 The odour of rasps and roses. 



