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ni;ile, malli, malt or moleshag (Glouc), malscrab, maltscale, marly- 

 scrawly, mascal or scale, maskel,iiiaskell or kill, inaulscrawl, mawl- 

 scrawl, may-beetle, muskel (Devon) ; Oak-web, oubit ; Pig's-snout 

 (Topsell) ; Spinning-drone (cockchafer), stepmother's bairn ; Tiger- 

 moth ; Vowbet ; Wobat, woubat ; Youbet, youbit. 



The term "lus-chuach" comes from the habit the caterpillar 

 has of making cups of the leaves of plants, i.e., making the leaves 

 curl up or become cup-shaped. " Chate-peluse " is the cat-furred 

 worm or hairy caterj)illar. A Gaelic term also for the caterpillar 

 is "am fear romach," the hairy, rough, or clothed one, from its 

 appearance ; the common wormwood is called " burramaide," in 

 Irish " borramotor," from "burras" and "maide," wood. The 

 hairy worm is said to be eaten inadvertently sometimes by cattle, 

 causing swelling, intense pain, and death. A superstitious cure 

 for toothache is said to be still existing, viz., to wrap up a cater- 

 j)illar in a rag, and place it under or close to the affected tooth. 



CENTIPEDE. — Ama or ana-bhiorach ; lol or miol-chosach. 



Jenny-hun'r-legs ; Meggy-monny-legs (North), millipede, 

 minniminny-monifeet ; Thrush-lice (North), twenty-fot wurme 

 (A. S.) ; Welbode. 



CHAFER (see also Caterpillar). — Ciarag; Daol, daolag, 

 deagha, doel (Old Ir.). 



Blind-buzzart (Salop), brown-clock, buzzy ; Centipede, cock- 

 chafer ; Furze-owl ; Humber, humbuz or buzz, huzzy-buzz ; Lochy, 

 locust ; Oakem, oak-web, ocub (Somerset), old-witch. 



CHESLIP. — Cailleach-chosach, corra-chosach or diosag ; 

 Sgliatair. 

 Slater. 



COCKATRICE.—Nathair-nimh ; Righ-nathair ; Suil-Bhalair 

 mhalair or mhala-righ. 



The name "Suil-mhala-righ " is from a famous Irish king of 

 the Fomorians, named Balar, Balor, or Bolor, also called " Biruderc " 

 (Bior dearc), piercing eye. This king had an "evil" eye which 

 never opened save only on a battlefield, when it took four men 

 to lift up the lid with the hafts of their spears ; if an army of 

 men looked on that eye they had all to yield, as it had a poisonous 

 power. This monster even had a wife and daughter (see Whitley 

 Stokes on second battle of Moytura). 



COCKCHAFER (see Caterpillar). 



COCKROACH (see Beetle). 



CORAL-INSECT (see Insect). 



CORN-INSECT (see Insect). 



CORN-WORM (see Worm). 



