Clare Island Survey — Gaelic Plant and Animal Names. 4 19 



"pi6.-6 fc&ijine&c, Wild Bornyack. Patella vulgata Linne, Limpet.— In Clare 

 Island this name, corrupted by English-speaking natives to Fye Bornyack, 

 is applied to the large, smooth form of the Common Limpet which 

 inhabits rocks near low water where the heavy surf breaks. The word 

 " wild " here, like " dog " or " horse " in English popular names, is used to 

 - denote something coarse or strong. See Note B. 



■pHeAnjj&c. Scyllinm canicula Linne, Lesser Spotted Dog-fish. — Clare Island 

 and Cloghmore. 



5I101116.C. Homarus vulgaris Edw. Common Lobster. — General in Clare 

 Island ; also at Cloghmore, Achill Sound. 



gtiotn&c tii&ii&, Sea Lobster. Palinurus vulgaris Latr., Spiny Lobster. — 

 General amongst the Clare Island fishermen. 



L&td&ji n& tnb&n, Lady's Fingers? Asterias rubens Linne, Common Star- 

 fish. — Clare Island ; general amongst the fishermen. 



W&'o&t) mop, The Great Dog. Scylliicm catulus Turton, Large Spotted Dog- 

 fish. — Used in Clare Island. 



lil«-oiceAfCAii (<mi). — In Clare Island this name is given to the Great or 

 Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus), when it has exuviated or cast its shell. In 

 this soft state it is held to be an excellent bait for fish. " You'll catch 

 three with a wheescawn for every one you'll catch with a common crab," I 

 was told by a fisherman. In Dinneen (" Irish Dictionary," p. 465), the name 

 is entered as pui-pceAn ; but the sound of the spoken word in Clare 

 Island is certainly iii<soice&fCAn, as here given, the word being perhaps 

 a derivative from m<soice, softness. If this derivation and spelling be 

 correct, the name may be englished "Softy," which is certainly appropriate 

 to the object named. 



tThlpeAn, Dainty or Sweet Bit. Axomia ephippium Linne. — At Belclare, 

 Clew Bay. In spite of its name, I could not find that this mollusc was 

 ever eaten in the Clew Bay area ; indeed it is set down as deleterious by 

 good authorities. The name is possibly ironical. 



fflonj&c. J In Clare Island I found these names applied to Gadits pollachius 



Hlon&c. ) Linne\ the Pollock. At Cloghmore they were applied to the Coal 

 Fish, Gadits virens Linne. 



111uipiiie&c. Pecten maximus Linne, Great Scallop. — Used at Bossmindle, 

 Clew Bay. See Clu&ipn. 



P&Hc&n. Cnncer pagurttsljhme, Great Crab, Edible Crab. — Applied to this 

 species in Clare Island ; but also used there and throughout the Clew Bay 

 area as a generic term for the crabs. 



P<ypcAn 111 &oile». 1111. Maia sauinndo Latr. — Clare Island, Cloghmore, and 

 Panvyle. I was at first inclined to adopt for this name the spelling 



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