400 BEETLE -BUTTERFLY 



Sayings proverbial or otlierwise are, " Kill a ciarag burn a dar- 

 daol " (Ireland), while in the Scottish Highlands it is, "Is fearr 

 dhuit Aoine 'thrasgadh na 'n dar-daol a losgadh," a Friday's 

 fast is better than burning a dar-daol. 



That pride will have a fall is told by — 



" Falbh ard coltach ris a cheard-daolan 

 'S tuiteam 's a ghlar." 

 Flying high like the dung-beetle 

 And falling in the dirt (glaur). 



Al. Falbh ard 's tuiteam 's a bhuachair. 

 Flying high and falling in the dung. 



A saying attributed to Fearchar Leigh, or Farquhar the 

 physician, is "An daol dubh ris a chnaimh gheal," the black 

 beetle to the white bone. This is thought to have been a 

 discovery made by him that a patient was being kept ill by some 

 evil-disposed person having applied a beetle to a sore to keep it 

 open, and prolong pain. 



Tha frithealadh fa leth aig daol 'us feallsanach. 

 The beetle and the sage have each their duties. 



BELLY-WORM (for this and other kindred words see 

 Worm). 



BUG. — Bogus; Carran (field), ciarag; Daol, daolag, deagha ; 

 Feileacan, foileacan (May); Leoraan-fiodha (wood); Mial-fiodha 

 (wood). 



Bouge ; Nid, nidge t, nit ; Tick. 



BUTTERFLY. — Amadan-de leigh or leithe, anaman-de; 

 Calman-de; Dallan-de, dealan, dealan-de, dealbhan-de, dearbadan, 

 dearbadan-de ; Eunan-de; Feileacan, foileacan; Giurnan; Leamhan, 

 leoman, leomann (night) ; Tarmach, tarmachan-de, teine-de or 

 dealan, teinidh-de, toirmeachan-de (Arran). 



The following are Gaelic names for a few varieties, the English 

 of which can be found in any English book on butterflies : — 



An t-Ailean donn, Ard-seoladair ban, Argus beag, donn, 

 Albanach ; Am Baintighearn dreachar ; A Chore' rach no an t- 

 lompaire corcurach ; Dealbhan gorm-airgiodach, fad-earr, gearr- 

 earr mor an fhraoich beag an fliraoich breac a choille ; Diuc 

 bhurgundi, an Donnag-bhallach no donnag a bhalla, an Donnan 

 tuathach, Arranach ; Am Faineag, Faineag a mhonaidh, feithe ; 

 an Glaisean, an gorman, gorman a chailc, an gorman beag, 

 Masarinach mor nan creag, an Grisionnach geal ; An Leumadair 

 beag, breac-bhallach, lachdunn, leusach, Lileworth mor Shasun- 

 nach, an Litir bhan ; An Roine donn-stiallach, dubh-stiallach, 

 stiallach, stiallach-chorcurach, stiallach-uaine ; an t-Umhach-beag. 



Butter-fleoge (A. S.), butterfle, butturflye ; Cut-throat ; Flinder, 

 Frenchy (admiral) ; Lea-low, leel, lee-laa-let, lile ; Slip (Somerset). 



