LOUSE— MOTH 411 



mean "eallach nan ceann/' animals of heads (O'Clery in Beviie 

 Celiique). 



There is a hill or place in Kiltearn called Torr-na-h-uamhag, 

 the hill of the sheep-louse. The sea-louse is troublesome to the 

 most of fishes at certain seasons — cod, skate, etc. A certain kind 

 called " loup " troubles lobster-catchers by eating the bait from the 

 creels. Louse-wort or pied-rattle, lus na mial, is thought to give 

 sheep lice if they feed on it ; this is also said to mean scorpion 

 grass. 



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MAGGOT. — Baoit, baoiteag, baoth-smuain, boit, boiteag ; 

 Cnamhag, cnoimheag, cnuimh, cnuimheag, cnuimh-lobhta (palmer 

 or canker), cnuimh-shioda (silk), cruimh ; Durrag ; Spiontag. 



Dodrum ; Gentle ; Hoppen (Somerset), hopper ; Jumper 

 (cheese) ; Maak (Yorksh.), mach, mad, maddock (North), maggot, 

 maggit, magot, maid, maith, maithe, maked, mauch, mawk, mawke 

 (A. S.), meath, meathe, mit, mite. 



Said to be derived from Welsh " magri," to breed or nourish, 

 or from Cornish " maga," to feed. 



MILLIPED. — Cailleach-chaosach, corr or corra-chosach or 

 chosag ; Miol-fiodha. 



Jenny-wi'-the-hundred-feet. 



MITE. — Cainneag ; Dadmunn, dibhruaineach, dioruanach ; 

 Fineag, fionag, fionnag ; Meanbh-chnuimh. 



Minte, minty, mity. 



From Teutonic "mit," to cut, to bite, a cutter or biter, or from 

 same root as the word " minute," anything very sm;ill. 



Under this head it is worth while to refer to the smallest 

 animal or insect thought to exist, having, it is alleged, its nest in 

 the mite's ear. The name of this very diminutive creature is called 

 in Gaelic " gigiolorum " or "giolcam-daoram." 



MOTH. — Bogus (timber) ; Can, canda, canna, 'chuibhle- 

 mhor, cnuimh, cu, cu-fhind, finda, fhionna or fionn ; Deadhman, 

 deadhmann, deadhmon, droch, duradan ; Leadhmann, leamhan, 

 leoghan, leoman, leomann, leon ; Mial-chrion ; Raod, raodan, 

 reud, reudan. 



Badge, bat, black arches (dark), Bob-owler (large), ^bustard, 

 buzzard ; Codlin ; Dingy footman, drinker ; Field-pussy (tiger 

 caterpillar) ; Hophoulad (May — Wore.) ; Madgi or Maggy-owler 

 (large — Cornw.), marglowlet (goat), mathu (A. S.), mauch, maul 

 (A. S.), mawt, mealer or miller (large, white), moch, mogh, moghty. 



