The McBrides - A Romance of Arran

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Title: The McBrides A Romance of Arran
Author: John Sillars
Release Date: October 22, 2007 [eBook #23152]
Language: English
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THE McBRIDES
A Romance of Arran
by
JOHN SILLARS
Fifth Impression
The Ryerson Press, Toronto
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1922TO
MY MOTHERLIST OF GAELIC NAMES AND EXPRESSIONS.
Crotal, lichen.
"A traill," you sluggard.
Cleiteadh mor, big ridge of rocks.
Bothanairidh, summer sheiling.
Birrican, a place name.
Rhuda ban, white headland.
Bealach an sgadan, Herring slap.
Skein dubh, black knife.
Crubach, lame.
Mo ghaoil, my darling.
Direach sin, (just that), (now do you see).
Lag 'a bheithe, hollow of the birch.
Mo bhallach, my boy.
Ceilidh, visit (meeting of friends); ceilidhing; ceilidher.
Cha neil, negative, no.
Mo leanabh, my child.
Cailleachs, old women.
Og, young.
Mhari nic Cloidh, Mary Fullarton.CONTENTS.
PART I.
CHAP.
I. WHICH TELLS OF THE COMING OF THE GIPSY
II. MAKES SOME MENTION OF ONE JOCK McGILP, AND TELLS HOW BELLE
BROUGHT THE WEAN IN THE TARTAN SHAWL INTO THE HOUSE OF NOURN
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