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olc/' a brock and evil^ occurs. Badger and badness it has also 

 been rendered, while in " Beannachadh luinge Chlann Raonuill/' we 

 find "Ballagan a bhruic ghruamich/' which has been translated 

 ^^the head of the surly badger/' ballag signifying the skull, an 

 eggshell, etc. Campsie Fells are said to afford cover to two 

 different kinds of badger, one like a sow, the other like a dog. 

 The Irish once considered the flesh of the badger a very great 

 delicacy, and badger's ham was, so late as the beginning of the 

 eighteenth century, said to be " the delight of many an epicure." 

 In Ireland it was termed "bacon" or "saill." 



In Adamnan's Life of St Cohimha, the name of a Pictish Magus 

 is given as Broichan, rendered Brocan, from Broc, a badger. The 

 head of the badger used to be worn specially by the Clan Maclvor 

 as an additional embellishment to their cuaram, buskins, or High- 

 land shoe (D. Story), Nowadays a badger sporan is often worn. 

 The grease of a badger is about the best balsam or cure for 

 wounds known. 



The following saying brings us back to the days of bows and 

 arrows. " An dorlach gun fhuasgladh a suanach a bhruic " 

 (Ranald Mac Donald), the quiver unloosed out of the badger's 

 skin. 



A' cur bruic a ladhran — al. a'cuir bhroc. 



Kicking badgers out of his heels, i.e., in a great rage. 

 Am barail bh'aig a bhroc air a ladhran, barail bochd. 



The opinion (or estimate) the badger had of its claws — a 

 poor one. 

 Cha 'n f hulling am broc 'n a shloc ach e fhein. 



The badger in his hole no company can thole. 

 Cho gnu ri broc. 



As grippy as a badger. 

 Is e'm broc a's luaithe dh'fhairicheas fhaileadh fhein. 



'Tis the badger that is quickest to feel his own smell. 



BAT. — An ialtag ; Callach, craitneag, cullach ; Dealtag, 

 diallag, dialtag ; Ealtag-leuthraigh, eitleog ; Graitneag ; lalt, 

 ialtag, ialtog ; Mealtag, mialtag, mialtag-leathair, mioltag. 



Athern-bird (Somerset) ; Backe, backie, bak, bakie-bird, 

 bakke, barnmouse, bastat, bathymouse, batmouse, bawkie-bird, 

 bit-bat, black-bear-away, brere-mus ; Chipper ; Flickermouse 

 (Jonson), flinder, flindermouse, fliner, flintermouse, flitmouse, 

 flittermouse, flitty, flittymouse ; Glaik (Loth.) ; Haddabat, hat- 

 bat ; Leathern-mouse or wings ; Oagar-triunse (Shet.) ; Raamis, 

 raamouse, raamse, raird, ramsh, rami shed, rare, rattlemouse, raw- 

 mil, rawmouse, rawmp, raymouse (Glouc), rearie, rearmouse, ree- 

 raw, reerd, reerie, reelrall, reelymouse, reermouse, reremouse ; 

 Vlittei^. 



