FROG— HORNET 407 



bard agus an t-aireach Muileach/' q.v., compares a certain person 

 to a frog, "gur tu an losgann/' etc. (See page 413, hereof.) A 

 term for the frog is also " Gilchrist MacDugald/' or Gille Criosd 

 mhic Dhughall. A rather nauseous cure for a sore eye is said to 

 be for a person to lick the eye of a frog and then the afflicted 

 optic. Probable weather is foretold by frog's spawn, which is 

 called rud, rodd, rode, rood or rowd. If found on the edges of 

 ponds, etc., which dry up in summer, it is a sure harbinger of wet, if 

 found in deep or deepish water, the reverse. A cure for the red 

 water in a cow is the thrusting of a large yellow frog down the 

 cow's throat ! 



The cranberry in Gaelic is " muileag," the little frog, or frog- 

 berry ; the orchis, "cuigeal an losgainn," the frog's spindle or distaff, 

 the toad-stool and toad's bonnet ; " balg-losgann " or frog-bag and 

 bonaid an losgainn. The ashes of a burnt frog are said to stop 

 haemorrhage, while the spawn is a cure for erysipelas and other 

 inflammatory diseases. The frog (or paddle-doo) is frequently 

 kept in a cream-house or dairy for luck — more likely to catch 

 insects. A frog's ordinary life is only from twelve to fifteen years, 

 despite the allegation of their being found alive inside stones. 

 It is stated that no frogs, toads, or snakes are in Tiree. 



Cha 'n ann far am bi uisge bhios mag, ach far am bi mag bi 

 uisge. 



'Tis not where water is a frog will be, but where a frog is 

 water will be. 



G 



GADBEE or FLY (see Fly). 

 GLOW-WORM (see Worm). 

 GNAT (see Fly). 



GRASSHOPPER. — Brobhadan ; Corra-chaoghal; Dreallan, 

 dreollan-teasbhuidh, durrasan ; Finnein-fionn, fionnan-feoir ; Leum- 

 adair-feoir ; Srannachan, srannan. 



Gaershoppe (A. S.), gerss-louper, greshoppe (A. S.), griggan, 

 grysope, gyrssoppe ; Skip-jack. 



GRUB (see Worm). 



H 



HORNED BEETLE (see Beetle). 



HORNET (see also Fly), — Beachan-chapull, beach-mhor ; Ca'- 

 speach, cearnabhan, circbheach (Ir.), coinnspeach, consheach, 

 connspeach, conuibh, conuibhe, conuich, conuiche ; Eirbheach, 

 eircbheach ; Gasbadan, gasbaid, gasbidan (Ir-)^ gasbuidean ; 

 Seillean-nimh. 



