DEER 131 



See also glossary of terms for deer and their pertinents, etc., 

 which unfortunately, like most of the other terms, are only in 

 English. 



Cameron, in his Gaelic names for plants, etc., says that " Penny- 

 cress" in Gaelic is praiseach-feidh, deer's pot-herb (kail). Ir. 

 Praiseach-fiadh, a deer's pot-herb ; mountain sorrel, Sealbhag- 

 nam-fiadh, the deer's sorrel ; common asparagus, Creamh-mac- 

 fiadh, the deer's son's leek or garlic ; heathrush, stoolbent, Bru 

 or bruth-chorcan, deer's oats, also bru-chorcur, bru-chorachd. 



Deer proverbs are numerous, among which are 



An latha 'marbhas tu fiadh 's an latha 'n D — 1 gin ! 



The day you kill a deer, and the day the D — 1 a one. Good 

 wishes. 

 An rud a chuir an earb air an loch. 



What (or that which) made the roe take (to) the loch. 

 Necessity. Deer, however, swim readily. 

 Bu dual do laogh au fheidh ruith a bhi aige. 



It is natural for the calf of the deer to be swift of foot. 

 Catachaidh am biadh fiadh na beinne. (See " Talaidhidh," 

 etc.) 



Food (or the want of it) will tame the mountain deer. 

 Cha deic luathas na h-earba gun na coin a chuir rithe. 



The swiftness of the roe is known without the loosing of the 

 hounds. 

 Cha ghabh fiadh gointe gaoth. 



A wounded deer won't take the wind. She takes to the 

 nearest water instead of, as usual, running against the wind. 

 Cha teich an earba gus am faie. 



The roe won't fly till she sees. A tip to the deer-stalker. 

 Cha trom leis an fhiadh a chabar. 



The deer does not feel his horns heavy. 

 Cho ard ceann ri fiadh na fireach. 



As high a head as the mountain deer. Said of a haughty- 

 looking person. 

 Cho sunndach ris an fheidh. 



As hearty as the stag. 

 Chuireadh iad na feidh a fasaich. 



They would send the deer out of a wilderness. Said of very 

 noisy people. 

 Far nach bi na feidh, cha reidh an toirt as. 



From the place where the deer are not, they're not easy to 

 be got. 

 Fiadh e fireach, aon de na tri mheirle as nach do ghabh duine 

 naire riamh. 



A deer from the mountain (or forest), one of three thefts 

 no man ever was (or need be) ashamed of. The true 

 principle of community of living. 



