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GLOSSARY.
Arrane | A song or ballad. |
Beg or Veg | Little. |
Bogh | Poor—term of endearment. |
Bons | Bits of stick, charred gorse, &c., gathered for kindling a fire. |
Carvel | A carol. |
Chibber | A well. |
Chiollagh | Hearth stone. |
Cooag | The Cuckoo. |
Cooish | Confidential chat or discourse. |
Couth | The cold. |
Cushag | Ragwort. |
Dreem | Back. The ridge of a hill. |
Eirey | Heir. |
Earey | An open airy place. |
Faie | Field near dwelling house. |
Garvel (for 'Cabbyl') | A horse. |
Gairey | Rough pasture land grown over with gorse. |
Glass | Grey or green. |
Howlaa | A spirit who wails on the sea-shore before storm. |
Jeel | Harm. Mischief. |
Kirree | Sheep. |
Keill | Small ancient chapel or cell. |
Lhiannoo | A child. |
Loaghtan | The biown mountain sheep. |
Lumpers | Hoys and girls. Probably a sailors' word. |
Mannin or Vannin | Isle of Man. |
Ma chree | My heart. |
Meg | A lamb brought up by the hand. |
Meein or Veen | Fine, soft—term of endearment. |
Millish or Villish | Darling. |
Mie or Vie | Good. |
Mhellia | Harvest-Home. |
Moar | Great. |
Nogh | To-night. |
Oie | Eve. |
Oie'll Voirrey | Eve of the Feast of Mary. Christmas Eve. |
Rhullick | Burial Ground. |
Sceddan | Herring. |
Sniaghthey | Snow. |
Sooree | Courting. |
Tramman | Elder Tree. |
Tholtan | Ruined cottage or barn. |
Treih | Sad. |
Traa-di-liooar | Time enough. |
Ushag | A bird. |