SEAL— SHEEP 211 



are named from the seal^ notably the island or islands of Rona. 

 In Ireland a certain place near Roscrea is called Suidhe-an-roin, 

 the sitting-place of the seal^ which title is qualified by the 

 alternative meaning given of "or hairy person"; this name is 

 now corrupted into '' Shinrone " ; the island of Shellay is just 

 seal isle — sel-ey. In Silva Gadelica we find the expression 

 "Tabroin remardhonna romora/' translated "huge bull seals." 



Bu dual do isean an roin a dhol thun na mara. 



The young seal takes naturally to the sea. 

 Cho reamhar ris an roin. 



As fat as the seal. 

 Clann Mhic Codruim nan ron. 



The seal MacCodrums. (See Nicolson.) 

 Is ann aig na roin tha brath. 



The seals know. Said of the impossible. 

 Is fhada bho'n uair sin bho'n a bha cluas air ron. 



It's long since the time when the seal had ears. 

 Is luaithe ron na rionnach. 



A seal is swifter than a mackerel. 

 Is math am biadh feamanaich, aran seagail agus saill roin. 



Good food it is for sea-weed workers, rye bread and seal's 

 flesh (Carmichael). 

 Seachd bradain sath roin. 



Seven salmon, a seal's feed. 

 Sitheadh roin, aon de na tri sithidhean a's luaithe 's a chuan 

 mhor. 



The rush of a seal, one of the swiftest rushes (known) in 

 the great ocean. 



SHEEP. — Ai, ailbh, ailbhinn, aodh, aoi, aoilbhinn (small flock 

 or drove) ; Cairig, caoir, caor, caora, caora-beanhach (with four, 

 five, or six horns), caorach, caora-ceanan, ceann-fhionn (white- 

 faced), caora-molach (heavy-fleeced), caora-ceaslach (coarse-wooled), 

 ceasg, ceast, ceath, ceathnaid, cette (or lamb — Old Ir.), ceut, ciob, 

 cioba, ciora, cir, cire, cireag (pet), cloimh (woolley), conadal (a stray 

 sheep), coti (drove — Ir.), crog (aged six years), cuanal (flock), 

 cura, curu ; Deat, deata, deathaid (separated from flock), dianag, 

 dionag (a year-old lamb before lambing) ; Lomaidh (shorn) ; 

 Maithreach (giving milk), meanbh-chrodh, meile, meileinich, 

 molla ; Oe, oi (Old Ir.), oisg, oluidh (sucking ewe), othaisg, 

 othasg, othisg, i.e., oi seasg ; Ribhinn-chro (barren ewe) ; Scotan, 

 scottan (small flock), sgrog, sgrogag, seathaid (sucking ewe), 

 spreidh (flock). 



Aneling (bearing one at a time) ; Baggit (sickly), bidens, braxy 

 (died of surfeit), busk (flock — East); Chepe (A. S.), chid, chilver 

 (young), cleavins, crob (weakling), crock, crone (old ewe), cull- 

 ewe, cullen-more ; Dail (barren ewe, fattened for consumpt), 

 dans (yearling — East), dilmond, dimment, dinman (two years— 



