152 cow 



etsruth, while an old disused milking-place or yard is Ath-huaUe, 

 also one in use, 7nac/ia, and (Ir.) Inis or Indis (W. S.), and a 

 cowfold hann or hanurach. It may be interesting to give here a 

 libt of the Gaelic terms for milk, and some of its adjuncts : — 

 Ais, aisnig, as, ass, milk or any milk preparation. 

 Annlan, innlean, innlinn, dairy j)roduce, more especially the 

 portion taken with one's food, or rather with each meal. 

 A saying of the famous Uist bard is : — 



Is math an t-aran, ach 's fliearrd e'n t-annlan. 

 'G ol cabhraich gun annlan a chuir odhar thu. 



The bread is good, but it would be better for "kitchen." 

 'Twas drinking sowens without "kitchen" made youi 

 face grey. 



Ath-bhliochd, second milk. 



Bainne, milk. 



Bainne, binntichte, milk curdled by rennet 



Bainne, blath, warm, fresh or new milk. 



Bainne, breun, soured milk (A. C). 



Bainne, briste, curdled (lit. broken) milk. 



Bainne, buaile, fold milk. 



Bainne, buidhe, yellow or biestings milk. 



Bainne, clabar, clotted milk. 



Bainne, cnaraha, fresh and buttermilk, frothed with or by the 



"loinid." 

 Bainne, goirt, sour milk, etc. (Ir. gert), applied to buttermilk in 



Argyllshire. 

 Bainne, leamlacht, new milk (Ir. id). 

 Bainne, lorn, skimmed milk. 

 Bainne, milis, sweet milk. 

 Bainne, muighe, churn milk, buttermilk, 

 Bainne, nos, nois, or nuis (or nos-bhainne) biestings or first 



milk after calving. 

 Bainne, pingichte, curdled milk — Riagachadh, curdling. 

 Bainne, plamach, curdled milk (plamaich, to prepare), also milk 



thickened by sultry weather. 

 Bainne reamhar, unskimmed (lit. fat) milk. 

 Bainne, ur, fresh or new milk. 

 Ballan, the udder. 



Ballan, binntich or binnteachaidh, cheese-press. 

 Banachag, banarach, a milk-maid. 

 Barr, cream. 

 Binid, rennet or run net. 



Bladhach or blathach, buttermilk (lit. blossom milk). 

 Blaoc, milk (Ir. id). 

 Bleachd (boleachd or mlecht), bleacht, bleadh, blicht, blighe, 



bliochd, milk (sometimes skimmed). 

 Bleaghan, curds or thickened milk. 



