COW— DEER 121 



Thug mi mo chrodh-laoigh do'n airidh, 

 Agam an diugh, *s bhuam am maireach. 



I took my milch cows to the fold. 

 With me to-day, from me to-morrow. 



This refers to the " lifting " times. 



Tri la sgathaidh na bo riabhaich. 



Three damaging days for the brindled cow. April 

 borrowing days. 

 Uilleadh na ba a mach 's a steach, mm* leighis sin an Gaidheal 

 cha'n 'eil a leigheas ann. 



The oil of the cow, without and within, if that won't heal 

 the Gael, there's no cure for him, or, 

 Uraireachd na ba, etc. 



The fat of the cow, etc. Milk, cream, butter. Neat-foot oil. 



CREATURE (see Animal and Beast, etc.). 



^ CUB (see Dog). 



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^K DEER. — Abhach (the merry folk — Suthd.), ag, ag or agh- 

 ^Heillaidh (a wild stag, a deer, a fawn, in Irish, haige), agh (err. 

 ^^pidh), agh-feidh (fawn, hind), airchealtrach (hind), airndeall, arr, 

 (hind, stag), arinn (forest) ; Baighle (fawn), binneach, bo (rarely), 

 boc, boc-earba (roebuck), boc-da-bhiorain, bod-da-bhiorain (year- 

 old hart), bodachan (year-old), boirche, borr-agh (large hind), 

 boisceall (also hind), braich, braiche, braicheam, braicheamhail, 

 braichean, braithcheann, breac-laogh (spotted fawn), bru (fawn), 

 buicean, buicein (young buck), buichiu (young roe) ; Cabarach, 

 cabrach, cabrach-crocach, cair-fhiadh, car, carbh-fhiadh, carr, carr- 

 fhiadh, cear, cer (hart or roe), cigh (hind), ci-cingeach (leader), 

 crac-dhamh, cul-bhoc (buck) ; Daman-n' alluid (Ir.), damh, damh- 

 allaidh, damh-dearg, damh-feidh, dabhas, dabhasg, dadhas, dais, 

 damhasg (fallow), dathas, dearg (red) ; Earb, earba, earbag (doe), 

 eigh (roe), eildeag, eihd (hind), erb (roe) ; Fear-boc (roebuck), 

 fiadh (lit. wild), fiadh-fionn (young), fiadh-og (fawn) ; Gamhuinn- 

 ruadh (yearling), greidh, greigh (herd of) ; larn-dobha (fawn) ; 

 (Arm.) Karo ; Laighe (fawn — Jr.), lan-damh (full-grown hart, 

 " Royal "), laogh-allaidh, laogh-eilid, laogh-feidh (fawn), lub 

 (roe) ; Mang (fawn), maoiseach, maoisleach, meann, meann-earba, 

 minnean, minnein (fawn) ; Oigh, os ; Procach (one-year-old — 

 Suthd.) ; Ruadh, ruadhag ; Sailetheach (lit. the heeled one, swift), 

 sead, seada, seang, searbhos, searbo, searbos, sed, serbo, sidin 



