Fish
Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:
Note about eating fish and vocabulary notes, June 1887
Note about eating fish probably collected on Ìle/Islay stating that 'The ugsa and Pioc[aich] are the cleanest eats in the sea. Fry of herring eat[en] ciuban used as bait'. The vocabulary notes show 'Bacach = Turbot' and 'Bradan-Leathan = Halibut'.
Note about grilse, August 1883
Note about grilse that they hatch in the spring and are full size by the autumn. Also notes that 'banag' is a sea-trout.
Note about herring and hake, June 1887
Note collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Baile Meadhanach/Ballymeanach, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Calmoir Herring haig - dif[ficult] to fish.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Note about lumpfish which reads 'Griasaich young of Mac-lamhaich - Sea Devil', 1894
Note about lumpfish which reads 'Griasaich young of Mac-lamhaich - Sea Devil'.
Note about pouches on fish, June 1887
Note about pouches on fish collected on Ìle/Islay that 'Crag-dhu has pouch on each side large...Sporan faolin in Murlach [dogfish].' Text has been scored through as if transcribed alsewhere.
Note about salmon and deer, August 1883
Notes about salmon and deer, which are quite confused but appear to indicate some connection between them perhaps in relation to hunting.
Note about sun fish, June 1887
Note about sun fish collected in Ìle/Islay that in 'Cuan Barra' fish 'flap mov[in]g on surface of sea' and are '11 or 13 f[ee]t long like a shell tough as hide'. Also mentions 'Nathar-tragh' [nathair-traghad or sand-eel] which has a pencil-like point and the flapping of the 'Gear[r]a cnuacach'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Note about the 'Cathrathain', June 1887
Note about the 'Cathrathain', probably collected on Ìle/Islay, that it is like a small eel and sucks blood out of others.
Note about the fish 'An t-iasg' [mullet], June 1887
Note about the fish 'An t-iasg' [mullet] probably collected on Ìle/Islay, stating that it has a gullet like a duck's. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Note about the fish 'bacach cearr' [sole], June 1887
Note about the fish 'bacach cearr' [sole] collected on Ìle/Islay that '80 score [were] sent to market' having been caught on 'Bank an iar' [west bank]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed alsewhere.