The Hill of the Red Fox (23 page)

a bhalaich:
oh boy

a Chruthaidhear:
oh Creator

a dhuine dhuine:
oh man man

a Thighearna bheannaichte:
oh blessed Lord

Alasdair Beag: Little Alasdair

Alasdair Dubh: Black Alasdair

an duine bochd:
the poor man

bodach:
old man

cailleach:
old woman

ceilidh: a gathering in a house for entertainment

Ceud mile failte agus slainte mhath:
A hundred thousand welcomes and good health

Cnoc an t-Sithein: Hill of the Fairies

Co tha’n sud?
Who is there?

Domhnull-nam-Faochag: Donald of the Whelks

Duncan Mòr: Big Duncan

Failte do’n duthaich:
Welcome to the country

feadan:
chanter

Iain Ban: Fair John

ist:
quiet

Murdo Ruadh: Red Murdo

Oidhche mhath,
Eachann: Good night, Hector

Oidhche mhath mata:
Good night then

port-a-beul:
mouth music

Ruairidh: Roderick

Ruairidh the Leodhasach: Roderick the Lewisman

Rudha nam Braithrean: Brothers’ Point

Seall
, Alasdair: Look, Alasdair

Sgurr a’ Mhadaidh Ruaidh: Hill of the Red Fox

strupag:
a snack, usually consisting of a cup of tea, bread and jam, scones, and biscuits

Thigibh an so:
Come here

Tormod: Norman

truaghan:
poor creature

Kelpies is an imprint of Floris Books

First published in 1955 by William Collins, London
First published in Kelpies in 1984
This eBook edition published in 2014
Second printing 2009

Copyright © 1968 Allan Campbell McLean

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