170 HARE— HEIFER 



I)r (lillies refers to the (li^ta^til state called " Milleadh- 

 luaighiche," hare-lip, or *' Heain-mhial or mhiol" (lit.) hare 

 injury, and suggests the cause as being occasioned by a pregnant 

 woman foregathering suddenly with or starting a hare, the child 

 having a cleft lip like a hare. The disease called " Patnide " 

 also comes from pata, a hare. 



Cameron, in his (laelic names for plants, gives Hare's-foot 

 clover as Cas-maighiche, or hare's foot. As is doubtless generally 

 known, a hare's sleeping-place or lodgment is called her forme, 

 which being a "print" of her form originated the word "forme" 

 in use by printers. 



Cho luath 's gum bheil an gearr beirear oirre. 



Though the hare be swift she can be caught. 

 Is deacair gearr a chuir as an torn anns nach bi i. 



'Tis difficult to put a hare up from a tuft in which she is 

 not. 



HART (see Deer). 



HEDGEHOG. — Draineag, draenog (Welsh); Graineag, griun, 

 gruin ; Rutha ; Uircean-garaidh, uircean-sona, urrag. 



British porcupine, butter-bump ; Erchin (Fife) ; F'urze-a-boar, 

 furze-man-pig (Glouc.) ; Hag-hog, herison, herysson (Palsg.), 

 hirchen, hodgen, hurcheon, hyrchoune ; Nertchard, niceple, 

 nisbill, nysebill, nurchon ; Perpentine, perpynt, pochin (Som.), 

 porcupig, porkpoint, porpentine ; Rock (young — Som.) ; Sharp- 

 nails ; Urchin. 



The name urchin signifies " the little bristly animal." 



In some parts of the North the name of the hedgehog was 

 given to a very mysterious animal which, when met with among 

 the corn, had only the appearance of a grey stone, but could 

 change its shape. When thus met with a small quantity of the 

 crop was left standing around it, and only the ears of grain cut. 

 Such a clump has been seen by the compiler, and the above 

 given him as the reason. It was called "Tom an ioghnaidh," the 

 wonder clump or tuft ; as few knew, every one almost won- 

 dered why it existed. The hedgehog's hoard, or cnuasachd na 

 graineig (see Armstrong's Gael. Diet.), means that all gathered in 

 this world must be left at the grave, as the hedgehog has to 

 leave its burden of crab-apples at the narrow entrance to its hole 

 or den. In Advie it is said to be unlucky to meet a hedgehog, 

 especially after nightfall. 



HEIFER (see also Cow). — Adh (err.), agadh, agh, aghan, 

 aghan-goirridh (fox-coloured), ag-nadara (in calf — Ir.), ainbhidh, 

 ainbhte, atharla, ath-uanach {} ath-ghamhnach — Ir.) ; Biorach, 

 bioraiche, bodag, bodog, boUag ; Caithne, colbthach, coilt, collach, 

 coUaid, colag, colog, colpach, colpdach (to calve), colpdach firionn 



