K^l EAUTH-WOKM— FLY 



EARTH-WORM (see Worm). 



EARWIG. — Collag, coUag-liu or lion, corr or corra-ghablian, 

 corr or corra-gobhlach, cuileag-lin ; Fealan, fiolan, fiolar, forchar- 

 gobhlach ; Gabhlachan or gobhlachan, gobhlag. 



Alliwig, arrawig, arrawiggle, arry wiggle, arry winkle, arwygll, 

 ary wiggle ; Battle-twig ; Clepshires, olipshears, coach or coch- 

 bell or bill, cock-tail, codge-bell, cody-bell, coffin-cutter; Devil's 

 coachman ; Earvrig, earwag, eor-wiega (A. S.), earwiggle, earwike, 

 earwrig (Somerset), earywig, ermit, errewig, erriwig, erriwiggle ; 

 Firkin or forkin-robin, forkit, forkit-tail, forky-tail, furkin, furkin- 

 robin ; Gailick, gallacher, gavelock, gelick, gelloch, gewlick, golach, 

 golack, gollach, goulock, gowlick, gowlock ; Harrywig, horn-golach 

 or goUooch ; Narrow-wriggle ; Pincher-wig ; Reox ; Scotch-bell ; 

 Touch-bell or spale, twitch-bell, twinge (North); Yarwig, yerri- 

 wig, yerwig. 



The word "golach," etc., is from the Gaelic word "gobhlach," 

 forked, the termination " wig " from A. S. " wieg," a horse. 



FLEA. — Conasrach ; Deargad, deargann, deargant, dearnad — 

 deargad, etc.^— traghad (shore), dreangad, dreangcuid ; Mial- 

 nihonaidh. 



Black-boy ; Fauf, fla, flae, flaes (pi.), flaich, flay, fleach, fleak, 

 flee, fleea, fleeag, fleighk, fleik, flek, fleugh, flough (Chesh.) ; Vlaa, 

 vlay, vlea, vleer (Som.). 



Deargan, etc., just mean "the red one," dearg aoii. 

 Cho duilich a bhuachailleachd ri deargann san osan, no ri 

 osan Ian dearganta. 



As ill to herd as a flea in a stocking, or as a stocking full of 

 fleas. Very difficult to mind, or not to ! 



FLY. — Ainle (green) ; Beach, beachan-chapull, beach-each 

 (horse); Car-chuileag (humming), cleabhar, cleithir, cleod 

 (horse), cloidhe, cloidheag, conachuileag (murrain), creabaire 

 (gad), creadhal (horse), creithleag, cuil, cuileag ; Fal-cuil (breeze 

 — Jr.); Gath-dubh (midge), giuban, giubhan, gleithire (gad), 

 goblachan or gobhlachan (crane), guiban; Lon-craois (May), 

 Meanbh-chuileag (midge or gnat), mialtag, mioltag ; Smugaid- 

 na-cubhaige (iphis) ; Tabhul (horse), tarbhnathrach (dragon). 

 Adder-bolt, boult, feeder spear or stinger (dragon), ather, 



