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

 sap, juice; also deHght, pleasure, joy, mirth) ; thahnhain, of the 

 earth. 



" T\\Q\ng subh-thalmhain nam bruach."— M'Donald. 

 The wild strawberries of the bank are done. 



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



" Subhain laire s'faile ghroiseidean. " — M'Intyre. 

 Wild strawberries and the odour of gooseberries. 



Sut/iag, a strawberry or raspberry. 



" Gur deirge n'ant stithag an ruthodh tha'd ghruidh." 

 Thy cheeks are ruddier than the strawberry. 



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

 Welsh : mefusseii. 



Rubus (from rub, red in Celtic), in reference to the colour of 

 the fruit in some species. 



Rubus chamsemorus — Cloudberry. Gaelic : oireag, variously 

 wri XX^Xij^oighreag, foighreag, feireag. Irish : eireag (from cireacJid, 

 beauty). 



" Breac \efdreagan 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. 



Cruban-na sao?ia, " 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 miann, the 

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

 of red. 



R. idseus — Raspberry. Gaelic : preas siibh chraobh (craob/i, a 

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



** Faile nan suth-chraohh 

 A's nan rosann."— M'Intyre. 

 The odour of rasps and roses. 



Welsh : mafon, — maf, what is clustering. Gaelic: /r^^j shuidheag, 

 the sappy bush. Stighag, the fruit (from si)g/i, juice, sap). 



R. fruticosus— Common bramble. Irish and Gaelic: dreas, 

 plural dris. Welsh : dyrys, — the root rys, entangle, with prefix 



