352 ANGLER— BREAM 



kethrie, kettacli, kilmaddy ; Mareillen, inarmaid, marool, marsgum, 

 raasgum, meermaid, merlin-fish, miller's thumb, molly gowan, 

 monk-fish, mulrein, murrowell ; Nass-fish, nodle ; Pleech, plucker 

 or great j)lucker, pogge ; Sea-Devil or stanger, shoemaker ; Toad- 

 fish ; Weever, wide-gab, wolf-fish. 



The Gaelic term "Carrachan," is derived from "carr," a rock 

 which this weird-looking fish haunts. 



The name weever is misapplied it is thought. (See that fish.) 



ANIMALCULE. — Brionain, buinnean (sea); Coille-bionan ; 

 Giolcam-daobhram ; Meanbh-bheothach or bhith ; Sgeith-an-roin 

 or na-muice-mara (large), sgiddair, sgiodair. 



Jelly-fish ; Live-drops ; Medusae ; Phosphorescence. 



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BAIT. — Madhar, maghar, maodhar ; Soil, sonn. 

 Krugie (Shetland) ; Spawn ; Young. 



The word " maghar " is used in the West Highlands, and 

 elsewhere, for fishing for the young saith, etc., by a fly — iasgach a 

 mhaghar. Trolling again for lythe is by aline and sinker dragged 

 astern of a boat, as in former case, and is called " fuaidearag," 

 iasgachadh le fuadearaig. In " Oran na Comhachaig " the hunter 

 says — 



Cha do chuir mi dull 's an iasgach, 

 Bhi 'g a iarraidh leis a mhaghar. 

 I relished not (the sport of) fishing. 

 Nor to seek it with a bait-fly. 

 He preferred hunting. 



BANDSTICKLE (see Stickleback). 



BARBEL. — Breac-feusach ; Mial, miol-gaileach. 



The name comes from the four beard-like appendages. 



BARNACLE. — Bairneach, bairneag, bairneag-cathan or 

 coidhean ; Cathan ; Gidhrean, giodhran, giodhrnan, giodhrsian, 

 giuran. 



Bernak, bernicle, bernicle-limpet ; Scaw. 



BASS (see Perch and Bream). 



BLENNY (see Gunnel-Fish and Catfish). 



BRAISE (see Bream and Roach). 



BREAM. — Briantach, briantadh ; Carabhanach, carbhanach, 

 carmhanach; Deargan ; Garbhanach ; Roisteach ; Shude (Ir.). 



Barse, barwin, bass, becker, braise, brasse, brazier (sea), 

 bream-flat, breira, brone (A. S.) ; Carf, carp, carp-bream, chad, 



