BREAM— CLAM 353 



cresser; Gilthead (young), grobman (two-thirds grown — Cornw.), 

 gunner ; Hen-fish ; King-bream or of the breams ; Lump-fish ; 

 Murran, nmrranroe (ruadh) ; Pandora ; Red gilthead (full grown) ; 

 White bream. 



One of the most lively sea-fishes caught. Its colour is very 

 beautiful, and a loch in Sligo, Ireland, derives its name from 

 "deargan," now corrupted into "Dargan." 



BULLHEAD (see Goby). 



CARP. — Carabhanach, carbh, carbhanach, carmhanach-uisge, 

 carranachaich. 



Bream ; Lump-fish ; Red-eye, roud, rudd ; Shallow, seizling 

 (young), sprall (Holme, 1688); Tinscale. 



Supposed to live to nearly the age of two hundred years. 



CATFISH. — Cat-dubh (Lewis), cat-mhara, ceitleag. 



Bagaty, baggety (fem.) ; Cum ; Rabbit-fish, ravenous wolf-fish ; 

 Sea-cat, devil, owl or rat, stane or stein-biter, or steen-bider, 

 swine-fish ; Wolf-fish. 



The catfish feeds largely on shellfish, of which its flesh tastes 

 in a marked degree. 



CHAR. — Tar, tar-dearg, targach, tarragan, tarragheal, 

 Cardui, cudding ; Gaily trough, gereltroch, gerletroch, gerling ; 

 Red-belly or wame. 



Supposed to be found only in Loch Lubnaig, Perthshire. 



CHUB. — Pluicean or am pluicean. 

 Knob ; Skelly. 



CLAM (see also Scallop). — Bainteag (small); Clab-a-dubha or 

 dudaidh, creachan ; Eachan, eisirean. 



Clame ; Fleming (soft). 



The clam-shell is more than historical. Our Celtic ancestors 

 held it in the highest veneration on account of its utility. The 

 following verse by Alexander MacDonald shows the special use 

 to which they put it : — 



" Fair a nail an t-slige-chreachainn Pass o'er to me the shell of scallop, 



O'n 's ann aisd' is blasd' an dram ; From it the whisky tastes the best ; 



'S math an t-ainm dh' i an t-slige Well named it was the shell of 



chreachainn scallop, 



'S i 'n t-slige 'chreach sinn bh' ann ; As it has " scalped " us to our rest ; 



Or, Or, 



Cha 'n ion' a seachnadh gu dram ; Not suited is it to shun the dram ; 



'S i 'n t-slige 'chreach sinn th' ann." Well has it been named the 



*' spoiler." 



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