MINNOW— OCTOPUS 375 



doirb, doirbeag ; Gobhaclian, gobhlachan ; Mion-iasg ; Sgildaimhne, 

 sgiollag. 



Baggie, bag-menon (large), bagrel, banty, bennick, binnick 

 (Somerset) ; Cock-chuck or fiery ; Gutty ; Jack-a-barnell ; Manner 

 (Yorksh.), meaker (Devon), menawe, menem, menen, mengy 

 (Devon), raenin, menon, menoun, menowm, menuse, menys, 

 mennant (North), mennard, mennem, mennent (Cumb.), menner 

 (Craven), mennim, mennin, mennon (Dur.), mennot, mennum, 

 minim (Som.), minnon ; Nipisset ; Pink, push-padle. 



From Gaelic word "meanbh," small. 



MULLET. — Bradan-sligeach (MacD.) ; Cearbhanach ; lasg- 

 driomman or driumanach ; Muilleid. 



Atherine; Marled salmon, mowel (A. S.); Red-mullet; Sur- 

 mullet. 



MUSSEL. — Feasgan, feasgand, feusgan, fiasgan ; lasgan ; 

 Madadh, maideog, musgan (large black) ; Sliggaun, sliogan (Ir.). 



Burnfoot ; Clockie or clokie-doo (pearl or horse), crocklin, 

 cussy ; Horse-mussel ; Maddie or maddy mucxle (A. S.), muscul, 

 museld, muskylle, muxle (A. S.) ; Pearl-mussel ; Widow's lust 

 (horse) ; Yoag. 



From musculus, a small fish — of old spelled muscle. 



Maddies are large mussels, which grew and bred plenti- 

 fully on three rocks, on the south side of Lochmaddy, whence 

 the name of this loch. The pearl mussel which, in Irish, is 

 called "closheen," has two cartilages, one at each end, while the 

 oyster and the scallop have only one. A familiar saying in the 

 Western and Northern Highlands is " Goil gu leth do'n fhiasgan," 

 a boil and a half to the mussel — i.e., they should be well boiled. 

 Other shellfish, such as the oyster, cockle, spout-fish, etc., are 

 rendered tough and indigestible by much boiling. 



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NEEDLE-FISH. — Brod-iasg ; Snathad mhara, stiom-eisg, 

 stiomaire. 



Gar-fish, gaugnet, greenbone ; Horn-fish ; Pipe-fish ; Sea- 

 needle, stang, sting. 



It is thought that the ribbon or oar fishes are the same. One of 

 these was caught lately, while trawling in the Firth of Forth, 

 which measured sixty feet in length (^Weekly Scotsman, 29/^ August 

 1903). 



OCTOPUS. — - Gubarnach - meurach ; Laimhinneach ; Ochd- 

 bhallach. 



