thalììihain, the earth's sap, tlie earth's dehght (from siibh or siigh, 

 sap, juice; also dehght, pleasure, joy, mirth); t/ial/ii/iai/i, of tlie 

 earth. 



" Theing subh-tkali/ihain nam bruach."— M'Uonald. 

 The wild strawberries of the bank are done. 



Snl>/ia/i /aire, the ground sap; t/achd sitb/i, pleasant fruit. 



" Siibhaiii /i/Z/v s'faile yliroiseitlean." — M'Ix'IVRe. 

 Wild strawberries and the odour of gooseberries. 



SutJiag^ a strawberry or raspberr)\ 



" Cnir deirge n'ant snt/iai; an rulliodh tlia'd ghruidh."' 

 Thy cheeks are ruddier than the strawberry. 



Irish : catog, the strawberry bush. Cat/i, seeds (the seedy fruit). 

 Welsh : niefiissai. 



Rubus (from ri(b, red in Celtic), in reference to the colour of 

 the fruit in some species. 



Rubus chamsemorus — Cloudberry. (iaelic : oircag, variously 

 written, — oig/ircag, foigh/rag, feireag. Irish : cireag{hon\ circachd, 

 beauty). 



" P.reac XeftirMgan is cruin dearg ceann." — MTntvre. 

 Checkered with cloudberries with round red heads. 



" The cloudberry is the most grateful fruit gathered by the 

 Scotch Highlanders " (Neill). 



The badge of Clan M'Farlane. 



Cruban-na saona, "the dwarf mountain bramble." (O'Reilly, 

 Armstrong, and others). Probably this is another name for the 

 cloudberry, but its peculiar and untranslatable name furnishes no 

 certain clue to what plant it was formerly applied. 



R. saxatilis — Stone bramble. Gaelic : caora bad 7niann, the 

 berry of the desirable cluster. Riiiteaga, redness, a slight tinge 

 of red. 



R. idseus — Raspberry. Gaelic : prcas siibJi cJiraobh [craob/i, a 

 tree, a sprout, a bud), the bush with sappy sprouts. 



" Fàile nan shth-clu-aobh 

 A's nan ròsann." — MTntyre. 

 The odour of rasps and roses. 



Welsh : inafon, — ma/, what is clustering. Gaelic : preas s/iùid/icag, 

 the sappy bush. Si/g/iag, the fruit (from siig/i, juice, sap). 



R. fruticosus— Common bramble. Irish and Gaelic: dreas, 

 plural dris. \\'elsh : dyrys, — the root rys, entangle, with prefix 



