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Cairt-làir – lus beag le cliù mòr / Tormentil – little plant with a big reputation
Ged a tha e beag, tha dualchas iongantach aig a’ chairt-làir, gu h-àraidh am measg nan Gàidheal / Tormentil might be small and little celebrated today, but it played a substantial role in the social history of northern Scotland … … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged entymology, flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, Gaelic language, History, language, nature, NatureScot, Placenames, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Highlands, Tormentil, wild flowers
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Eun a’ Chinn Duibh air a bheil ‘Ceann-fionn’ / The Black-headed ‘White Head’ Bird
Carson a tha na Gàidheil a’ gabhail ‘ceann-fionn’ air eun le ceann dubh? Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ feuchainn ris an gnothach a shoilleireachadh. / Why do Scotland’s Gaels call penguins ‘white-heads’, despite their being black-headed? Roddy Maclean investigates a nomenclatural … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, coastal, Folklore, Gaelic, Land management, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged Auks, birds, entymology, Folklore, Gaelic, great auk, language, names, NatureScot, penguins, Roddy Maclean, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Gaelic, seabirds
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Aiteann – ceangal eadar Dà Dheoch / Juniper – a link between Gin and Whisky
Bidh daoine a’ ceangal aiteann ri sine ach air a’ Ghàidhealtachd tha am preas cuideachd ceangailte ri uisge-beatha / Juniper is intimately linked with gin but, in the Highlands of Scotland, it also has connections to whisky … Aiteann – … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, plants, Uncategorized
Tagged Folklore, Gaelic, Gin, juniper, nature, NatureScot, place names, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, whisky
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An t-Ùraisg – Mac-meanmnach no Fìor? / The Urisk – Scotland’s ‘Bigfoot’?
Ma nochdas ainm ‘gnè ainmhidh’ air mapa oifigeil, feumaidh gu bheil e fìor is creideasach … no an fheum …? / If an ‘animal species’ is named on an official map, it must surely be a biological reality …. mustn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged Bigfoot, Folklore, Gaelic, legend, maps, mythology, NatureScot, place names, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Urisk
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An dreathan-donn – eun beag leòmach / the wren – small and ‘conceited’
Ged a tha an dreathan-donn beag, gu dearbh chan eil e bog / The wren might be diminutive, but in Gaelic tradition, it has a high opinion of itself… An dreathan-donn – eun beag leòmach Ann am beul-aithris nan Gàidheal, … Continue reading
Posted in Beinn Eighe NNR, Birds, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, Folklore, Gaelic, language, nature, NatureScot, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, wren
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Cnò Mhoire agus ar n-Eadar-cheangaltas / ‘Mary’s Nut’ and our Interconnectedness
Tha cnò iongantach, air a bheil fèill, a’ cur nar cuimhne mar a tha an cuan mòr gar ceangal ri chèile thar na cruinne / A celebrated West Indian bean found on Scottish strands reminds us of how ocean currents … Continue reading
Posted in beach, beaches, coastal, Folklore, Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, SNH, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged #YCW2020, beachcombing, beaches, Folklore, Gaelic, History, Molucca bean, NatureScot, ocean currents, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea bean, SNH, Western Isles.
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Uilebheistean a’ Chuain / Gaelic Sea Monsters
An e fìor chreutairean a bh’ anns a’ chionaran-crò agus cìrean-cròin? / Are the great Gaelic sea-monsters merely creatures of myth? Uilebheistean Iongantach a’ Chuain Tha creutairean car annasach nar dualchas a tha a’ fuireach fon mhuir, leithid mhaighdeannan-mara agus … Continue reading
Posted in coastal, Folklore, Gaelic, History, mammals, Marine, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, SNH, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged Folklore, Gaelic, Highlands, History, legend, myth, names, NatureScot, Rona, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea monsters, SNH, whales, Year of Coasts and Waters
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Iasgair nan Loch / The Fisher of the Lochs
Tha iasgair iteach air a chuimhneachadh ann an Loch an Iasgair / Loch an Iasgair means ‘loch of the fisher’ but it’s not the human variety. ‘Iasgair’ nan Loch Anns an dùthaich mhonadail, gharbh air cùl Pholl Iù, tha loch … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Folklore, Gaelic, History, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged birds of prey, Folklore, Gaelic, loch, Loch an Iasgair, nature, NatureScot, osprey, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage
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Leigheasann Tonn a’ Chladaich / Thrifty Gaelic Cures
Tha tonn a’ chladaich na leigheas airson dà thinneis, a rèir beul-aithris / Traditional lore identifies thrift as means of curing two ailments. Leigheas airson Trom-inntinn is Ceann-daoraich ’S e tonn a’ chladaich (ris an can cuid neòinean a’ chladaich) … Continue reading
Posted in coastal, Flowers, Folklore, foraging, Gaelic, History, Natural Health Service, sea life, SNH, Uncategorized, wild flowers
Tagged Folklore, Gaelic, remedies, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea pink, SNH, thrift, traditional remedies
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A’ Ghaoth agus an Aimsir / Wind and Weather
Faodaidh atharrachadh na gaoithe a rèir na combaist innse dhuinn mun aimsir a tha romhainn / The direction of the wind can help us predict the weather, according to traditional lore. Àirde na gaoithe agus ro-innse na h-aimsir Tha seanfhacal … Continue reading
Posted in coastal, Folklore, Gaelic, History, Marine, sea life, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged Folklore, Gaelic, nature, poetry, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, superstitions, weather, winds
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