STICKLEBACK— THRESHER 389 



bannis, bannistickle, banny stickle or rickle, ban skittle, banstickle, 

 bantickle, banty, baree, barnacle, beardie, beardie-lotch or lowie, 

 benticle, bismore, boneticle, bonyprick, bottle-nose, bramstickle, 

 bulgranade ; Cannel, cockband ; Duckins ; Enemy-chit ; Firey-loch ; 

 Great sea-adder ; Heckle harry or hurry-banning, heckleback 

 (fifteen-spin ed) ; Jack-bandy bannell or sharp ; Little gurnard ; 

 Pinkeen, pow (Somerset), prickleback, pricky, prigge-trout ; 

 Robbie-wan-berd or berg ; Scorpion-fish, sea-adder, sharplin, 

 spricklebag or beg, stanstikel (A. S.), sticklebag, stickling, 

 stinger, stronachie, stuttleback, stytling (A. S.) ; Tan, tantickle 

 or stickle (SufF.), thornback, tinker (lesser) ; Willie-wan-beard 

 (fifteen-spined). 



The stickleback is noted for being able to swim swiftly straight 

 backwards. 



STURGEON. — Bradan-bacach pacach or sligeach ; Cana, 

 canach ; Priogga-breac ; Stiornach, stirean, stirrin. 



Sture, sturgiun, sturjoun. Literally " stirrer," from its habits. 

 One of Coinneach odhar, the Br ah an seer's prophecies, is as 

 follows : — 



'Xuair a thraoghas abhainn na Mhanachain tri uairean, agus 

 a ghlacar bradan-sligeach air grunnd na h-aibhne, 's ann a sin 

 a bhios an deuchainn ghoirt. 



When the river Beauly (Monastery) is dried up three times, 

 and a "scaly salmon," i.e., royal sturgeon, is caught on 

 the ground (or bed) of the river, then will be a time of 

 great trial. 



SUCKER (see Cockle). — Sruban, srubaire— " Jura" sucker. 



SWORD-FISH. — Bior-iasg ; lasg-a-chlaidheamh ; Luin-iasg, 

 lunasg. 



Blue-cock or poll ; Chine (kind of) ; Ehog (Old Brit.) ; Gar- 

 pipe, gerrick, gore-bill, green-back bane ben or bone, guard- 

 fish ; Horn-eel fish or kecke ; King or leader of the fish ; Long- 

 nose ; Mackerel-guide or scout ; Needle-fish ; Rasour ; Sea-needle ; 

 Spanish mackerel, spearling ; Whaup-fish. 



This fish is a species of mackerel (Xiphias) and is fully as 

 swift ; it attacks anything for sheer fighting sake. 



TEREDO. — Boireal ; Moireag, moireagan, moireal, muragan. 

 Borer. — This is a species of worm, but is included here as 

 being found at sea. 



THRESHER. — Buailtear, bualadair, bualtan, bualtar. 



