--=======62B85B0A======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3C534B7E; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit At 22:26 06/08/03 -0600, espencer wrote: >There are a few words from the Statistical Account of 1840 >for Barray / Barra that I cannot locate the meaning of. Cearban is one of the many local names for the basking shark (sailfish being another although I understand sailfish is an Argyll usage) Machair is coastal grassland unique(?) to the Hebrides and the west of Ireland lying at the water's edge with all sorts of interesting flowers such as orchids and habitat for corncrakes, dunlins and other threatened marine bird species Drogget is a petticoat (I think) - used in my experience as a gentle term of abuse similar to "He's just a big girl's blouse' Regards Douglas The Highland Clearances http://www.theclearances.org --=======62B85B0A======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3C534B7E Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.489 / Virus Database: 288 - Release Date: 10/06/03 --=======62B85B0A=======--