PRAWN— SALMON 379 



It is so called^ however, from the {:ower it has of inflating (or 

 pouting) a membrane which covers the eyes, etc. Of Celtic 

 origin. 



PRAWN. — Carran, carran-creige, cloidheag, cloimheag, 

 cloitheag. 



Prane (Palsgrave). 



PUFFIN or PUFFING-FISH.— Builgean, bulgan. 



PURPLE-FISH.— Murag; murex. 



R 



RAY (see Skate). 



RAZOR-FISH. — Breallach ; Muirsgian, mursaig, musgan (large 

 black) ; Stealladair. 



Caper-longer, cuttle ; Dob ; Great plucker ; Har-fish, horse-fish, 

 hose-fish ; Kalega ; Marool, marsgam, marsgum ; Ras-ower (A. S.) ; 

 Sea-devil (cuttle), sheath, spout-fish. 



This very useful and edible fish is well known all over the 

 Western Highlands and Islands, etc., and is thought to leave its 

 shell and grow into great cuttle fishes and the octopus itself. 

 There is a large and a small variety of the musgan, the former a 

 bivalve about the size of a man's hand, oval in shape, tapering to 

 a point at one end and rounded at the other. It sinks into the 

 sand to the depth of about a foot. The small kind is called 

 breallach, and is not more than a third of the size of the other ; 

 they are both edible. 



ROACH. — Breac-mara or mhara ; Roisteach ; Talag, talog. 



Braise, braze (Scot.) ; hiver sheep. 



The proverbial saying "sound as a roach" is now supposed to 

 be a mistake for "sound as a rock." The roach is thought akin 

 to and sometimes put for ray, skate, or thornback. The term 

 " river sheep " is given to it on account of its stupidity. 



ROCK-FISH. — Ballach, ballach-muir ; Carragan, creagag. 



8 



SAITHE (see Coalfish). 



SALMON. — Aillinbhus, ailliubhar, allibus ; Banag, bradan, 

 brudanog (young), broinnfhionn ; Candaraig (foul), cealt (Kelt), 

 ceann-dubh dubhach or dubhag (fresh-water), ceann-snaoth-nan- 

 iasg, colagan, colgan ; Eagan, earc, ecne, eigne, eithre, eo, eog ; 



