172 HEIFER— HORSE 



Adharc fhada, ^horin, no dhmr^, Horn long, blue or red, 



Cluas nihor us carhall da reir. Large ear, likewise the tail. lrou_,li ; 



Speir mholach, leathan, garbh ; A shaggy hough, both broad and 



Bhiodh e searbh inur bi'niid reidh. Then to agree we would not fail. 



E 'bhi leathan os a chionn ; Broad should it be across the back, 



Goirid o'n da shuil a bheul ; Short the space 'tween mouth and 



Fionnadh dualach tiugh, 's c dluth eyes, 



Gun bhi fo na ghlun ach rcis. Curly hair, both thick and close. 



The knee a span above it rise. 



Aisne leoghar, dhorahain, chrom, Ribs both sloping deep and bent 



Trusadh 'n a chom air an f heill. Gathered to tne frame in folds 



Togail ann a suas gu bharr, Swelling gently to the top — 



Aigionnach na nadur fhein. The beast itself both bright and bold. 



The proverb '' Laogh air bialthaobh maoiseig," a calf before 

 a heifer, is said to apply to those who procrastinate. 



HERD. — Ai, aibh ; Baidne (small), beutail, buar ; Cual ; Dartan ; 

 Ealbha ; Fedoil, feudail ; Greigh ; lall ; Ni ; Sealbhan, sgann, 

 slabhraidh, slaibhre, speil, sreath, stuaidh ; Tain, tainte, tan, treud. 



HIND (see Deer). — The etymology of this word is supposed to 

 be " Henda," Old Teut. for what is taken by hunting. Another 

 (A. N.) word is Biss. The Hebrew word "Ail" signifies 

 "quadruped," and in Gen. xlix., the meaning in one place is 

 given as " Napht ali," a hind let loose, while in another it is 

 translated " a spreading tree," probably signifying " with antlers 

 spreading like branches." We find the word in Old Irish " Aile," 

 for ailech, a stallion. 



HOG. — Deil-mhuc (two-year), deil-thorc ; Fithean ; Lia, lulpat, 

 lupait; Miadugh, more, mugart; Porc-thriath (stall-fed); Tore, 

 torc-nimh, triath. 



In Shetland a hog is called a Runcie. 



HOGGERAL (see Sheep) is Dianag, dionag, and Moiltean. 



HORSE. — Abhair (cart or plough), agh (Irish), agh-uisge 

 (water — Ir.), aigeach (stallion — oig-each), aile, err. for aileach 

 (stone — Ir.), air-each, aireach-fada (pack), airech (Ir.), al, all ; 

 Balla-bhreac (dapple), banaiche, the outer of two plough horses, 

 biorach, bioraiche (year old colt), blaradhan (white-face — Campbell), 

 boc, buabhall, bual ; Cab-all, cabuU (broken to the bit), caileasg, 

 capall, capull, cathmheal, cuil-asb, cuileasg (jade), colpa, cullach 

 (a stallion), cur, curair, curs, cursa, cursach, cursan (steed, courser ; 

 cursan-srann, snorting steeds) ; Di-mhill-teach (destructive, 

 vicious) ; P'ach, each-reidh (hackney), each-shasaid (riding), 

 each-sith (fabulous), each-uisge (water, fabulous), ech (Old Celt.), 

 edeighneach (gelded), eist, eitionach (gelded), esth, est (Old 

 Celt.) ; Falcaire, feadhain, fedan (team, Bk. of Lecan), fell (Old 

 Celt. — pi. fill), feunaidh, forthan (stud) ; Gabar (lean), gearran 

 (gelding), gillin, gloir-fliionn or gheusta (ringle-eyed or spotted 



