LOB— MACKEREL 3^3 



LOB or LUG-WORM.— Biathainn-traghaid; Lobach, lubach, 

 lugas, lugais, lungacli, lupach. 



Caddis, cade-worm, cock-paddle (male), cod-bait; Hush (fem.); 

 Lump-sucker; Sand-worm, sea-owl, shaw-worm. 



Much in demand everywhere for baiting purposes, especially 

 short lines. 



LUMP-FISH.— Murcan. Eng. Runkar. 



This fish is found in all the VV^estern Highlands and Islands. 

 Lightfoot refers to it specially as being found in Jura, and that 

 it adheres firmly to stones, etc. This name is also given, singularly 

 enough, to the bream, q.v. 



LYTHE. — Caileag, camusfliliuch ; Liudh, liudhag, liuth, 

 liuthag ; Pullag. 



Agerever ; Blockin ; Callag ; Greenling ; Laid, lait, laithe, 

 leeat, leet, lewre, lewse (A. S.), lob, lure, ly, ]ye-fish ; Pollack ; 

 Skeet ; Whiting-pollack. 



The lythe is supposed by some to be merely a more lively or 

 " lithe " variety of our friend the coalfish. They, as a rule, swim 

 deeper, and afford good sport; the name "caileag" is given from 

 its shapely form. 



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MACKEREL. — Breac-mara; Cnaimh-rionnach, crea'-rionnach 

 (horse) ; Gobhachan, gobhar, gobhlachan ; Macrail, macreil ; 

 Reannach, rineach, rionnach, rionnach-uaine. 



Alewife, alley, allice or allis-shad ; Blue-mackerel, bone- 

 mackerel ; Coly-mackerel, cordly (tunny) ; Daming-herring ; 

 Great-mackerel; Herling, herlyn, horse-mackerel; King-of-the- 

 herrings ; Mackerelsture, mackrel-stor or sture (great), mother- 

 of-the-herring ; Opah ; Rock-herring, rulie ; Scad, scalpeen 

 (pickled), shad, shiner (young), soddina, Spanish-mackerel, stoer 

 or storr-mackerel ; Tunny, twaite. 



From "macula," a stain or spot; the name scad or shad from 

 Gaelic word "sgadan," a herring. The word "rionnach " is said 

 to be from, or cognate with, "ronach," but this is given for 

 wliat it is worth. Some ardent etymologist of Irish place-names 

 alleges that the place called Stanagomar should be spelled Stana- 

 gowar, and means " house of the shad-fish," from " sta or teach," 

 a house, and "gobhar." 



The mackerel (or brill) are "little spotted fishes," from 

 "breac," spotted. The mackerelsture, or great salmon — as they 

 are sometimes termed — attain great size, known to be eighteen 

 cwt., but this again is thought to be the halibut. The Romans 

 esteemed the blue mackerel merely for the pickle or relish called 



