392 WKKVEll— WHl i 1N(. 



j)ate; Sea-stanger or stranger, stang, stangster, sting-fish, stony 

 cobbler ; Viper-fish ; Weaver. 



The liabit of this fish is to bury itself in the sand, whence it 

 inflicts a severe wound on the bare hand or foot which may 

 come into contact with it, cxpcrlo crcde. It is full of i)oisonous 

 prickles, and the part stung should be bathed with warm, or even 

 hot water, as speedily as j)ossible. 



WHELK. — Cnocag, cnocan, cnogag, cnomhag, cnomhagag, 

 cnomhagan, conachag (dog) ; Faocli, faochag, faochag-mhor. 



Buckie ; Deep-sea buckie, dog-wilk or whelk ; Frese or friese- 

 whelk (striated) ; Great whelk; Long wilk ; Periwinkle; Roaring 

 buckie ; Sceel (A. S.) ; Weluc, weoluc (A. S.), wilk. 



From Teutonic " wiloc " ; the correct sj)elling is thought to be 

 welk or wilk. The pale wilk or white buckie (gille fionn), when 

 crushed, pounded, and boiled, is said to be a famous specific for 

 the stone. A belief holds that wilks should not be roasted on the 

 fire as famine is sure to follow, as they are very tasty when roasted. 

 The danger can be avoided by roasting them on a stone in front 

 of the fire, or among the embers. The reason is obvious, viz., to 

 avoid risk of the whelk getting burned and lost. The acorn-shell 

 wilk is that from which the " claik " goose is supposed to come. 



Beathaichidh na faochagan duine gus am bi e cho dubh ri 

 sgall fhein. 



The whelk (or buckie) will sustain a man till he is as black 

 as its own scale. 

 'S beag an sonas a gheibhear anns na faochagan falamh. 

 There's little good in empty buckles. 



WHISTLE-FISH.— Burbaigh. 



Aelputt ; Bards, bird-bolt, blobskite, bourbee, burbot, burbotte ; 

 Coney-fish ; Eelpout ; Fishick ; Greenbone, guffer, guffer-eel ; 

 Muraena-eel, mutton-fish ; Red-ware fishick ; Sea-loach or loche ; 

 Three-bearded rockling. 



This is a small lively fish, generally found under stones of 

 seashore. The term aelputt or eelpout is derived from "ael," 

 an eel, and purt or pud, a frog. 



WHITING. — Blaghan, blaoghan, blocan ; Caiteag, caoiteag, 

 cuideag, cuiteag, cuitshach (Ir.) ; Feannag, fionnag ; Mangach. 



Baivee (large), blin (rock) ; Darg ; Fitan, fithin, fitin ; Glower 

 (coarse and flat), gobon ; Kellat ; Mop (young) ; Pollack, pollock ; 

 Stuffin (fry) ; Wytyng (A. S.). 



A tribute to the whiting is made in the saying that " it is never 

 heavier in the stomach than when suspended to the waist." A 

 rough and ready saying in Gaelic is " Gob fad' air chuideig," a 

 long snout on the whiting, A pun upon a certain name (Fitan) 

 for the whiting runs — What is the difference between a black doo 



