GENERAL DESCRIPTION 4 



Gille-geal. White Whelk ; Dog-winkle. 



Giomach. Lobster. 



Giomach Dearg. Spiny Lobster. 



Giomach Tuathalach. l (1). 



Giuirinn. Barn acle . 



Gorra- Crag. S tar-fish. 



Lug a. Lug or Lob- worm. 



Maighdeag. Cowrie Shell. 



Muisgeann. Razor-fish ; Spout-fish. 



Parian. Green Shore Crab. 



Parian Tuathalach. Scorpion Spider Crab. 



Sgeith Rbin. Jelly-fish. 



Slige Cas Capuill. Sometimes applied to the flat shell 



of the Clam. 



Slige Chreachain. Scallop Shell ; Clam. 

 Sop-gun-IarraidTi. The spawn of the Whelk or Buckie. 



SEAWEEDS 2 



Barr Dearg. Tangle tops. 



Barr Leathachan. Laminaria saccharina. Sea-belt. 



Cailionnagach. Plocamium coccineum. 



Carrachdag ; Dubh-Shlat. Laminaria digitaia, var. 



stenophylla. 

 Duileasg. Dulse. 

 Feamainn. Seaweed ; Sea-ware. 



FeamainnBhuiceanach. Fucus platycarpus (F. ceranoides). 

 Feamainn Bliuidhe. Fucus nodosus. Knobbed Seaweed. 



This was the kind formerly used (locally) for making 



kelp. It was cut every third year. 

 Feamainn Bhuilgeanach. Bladder Wrack (Propach, C.). 



1 The author, not having obtained specimens of these, is unable to 

 identify them with certainty. 



2 For kind assistance in the identification of the Seaweeds, the 

 writer's thanks are due to Miss Zamorska, Technical College, Glasgow. 



