LIST OF GAELIC NAMES OF BRITISH MAMMALS 149 



There is a word often used in twelfth-century Gaelic : Colg 

 det, Calg-det, a tusk-hilted sword ; the tusks would come from 

 Narwal or Walrus (G. C). 



" Det," now " Deud," a tooth, also ivory (C. M. R.). 



Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris, Linnaeus). 

 Feorag; Easag. 

 Irish. Feorog (MacB.); Iora; Ir (obs., C. M. R.). 



Note. MacBain gives : " Easag, a pheasant, a squirrel ; Irish 

 Eas6g, pheasant, weasel, squirrel ; for the squirrel force, see 



nios, neas. 



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Common Mouse (Jlfus musculus, Linnaeus). 



(Cf. Baineasg, ferret.) XV) ^JX^ ( 



Yo -on 



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Luch. kl L I g k A }i ' 



Irish. Luch. Y^; ~ *^ 



Long-tailed Field- or Wood-Mouse {Apodemus sylvaticus^fv $ \Q 



Linnaeus). 



Luch-f he6ir ; Luch-an-f heoir, grass-mouse ; Fiolagan (Arran, 

 MacB.). (Luch-fheoir is used for all mice and voles.) 



Black Rat (Epimys rattus, Linnaeus). 

 Radan dubh. 



Brown Rat (Epimys norvegicus, Erxleben). 

 Radan. 



Irish. Francach, Frenchman; Luch fhrangach, French mouse; 

 Galluch, foreign mouse (C. M. R.). 



Water- Vole (Arvicola amphibias, Linnaeus). 

 Radan-uisge, water-rat ; Lamhalan (A. C, Fauna Out. Heb., 

 P- 37)- 



Common Field Vole {Microtus agrestis, Linnaeus). 

 Not distinguished. 



Red or Bank Vole (Evoto)nys glareolus, Schreber). 

 Not distinguished ; see under Field- or Wood-Mouse. 



