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beanailt,
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bean-baile,
bean-chiche,
bf?an-chomhar>>adh,
fbeanchnir,
Bealltninn
beannachadh
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tween these fires the cattle were driven, to beanaehas-tai'-'he, see banas-taighe.
preserve them from contagion till next Mayday.
On this day it was usual fbeanadh, to -aidh, s.m. Dullness, bluntness.
extinguish t ,
y.a.
all the hearth fires, in order that they should
Belong. 3 Reap, shear.
beanag, -aig, -an, s.f. Little woman or wife.
>.>e re-kindled from this purifying flame. In 2 Term of endearment for a
many parts of the Highlands the female. 3**
young folks Pundle.(?) Mo bheanag ghaolach, my dear
of the district used to meet on the moors on little woman.
1st. May. They cut a table in the green sod, beanail, see banail.
of a round figure, by cutting a trench in the ?.m. j
Touching. A' b , pr pt. of bean,
ground of sufficient circumference to hold the
fire, a nd
each, -eiche, a. Touching. 2 Meddling.
the consistency
see banail.
wholo company. They then kindled a
dressed .1,
repast of eggs and milk of
3 Tangent.
fbeanamhuil, a.
of custard. They kneaded a cake of tbeana:m,JJ s.pl. Appurtenances, furniture.
oatmeal, which was toasted at the ember fbeanas-baitihe, see nanas-ta'ghe.
against a stone. After the custard was eat- s. f. Proprietrix of a village. 2
or,, ihoy divided the cane into as many portion
as there were -
persons in th'3 camp i.iy, as bean-bainuse, s.f. (lit. the woman of the wed-
Wife of a farm tenant.
much alike as possible in size and shape. ding) Bride.
Toey daubed one of the pieces wita chare >al bean-bharain, s.f. Baron's wife.
till it wa, black all over, and they were then
all put into a bonnet bean-bhochd, s.f. Female mendicant. 2TPoor
together, and each woman. Mnathan bochda, poor women ; an
one, blindfolded, drew out a portion. The t-sean bhean bhochd, o poetical name for Ireland,
used there.
bonnet holder was entitled to the last bit,
aud whoever drew the black bit was the devoted
person who was to be sacrificed to Baai . a father's brother. Beau-brithair-m'athar,
bean-bhrathair-athar, *./. Uncle's wife, wife of
whose favour they meant to implore in re< -
my paternal uncle's wife..
dering the year productive. The devoted person
was compelled to leap three times over of a mother's brother. Bean-bvathair mo
beau-brathair-mathar, s.f. Uncle's wife, wife
the flames.**
mhai'har, my maternal uncle's wife.
La buidhe Bealltuinn, a common name, for bean-ohralhair-seanair. .
/. Grand-uncle's
May-day.
wife, wife of a grandfather's brother.
fbealriidneach, bean-bhrathar, s.f. Sister-in-law.
a. Famous.
tbe.tlraidhteach, a. Prattling, babbling, talkative.
bean-rharaid, see bana-chai-aid.
2 see bealrairlheach.
bean-ch&le, *./. Spouse, wife.
tboaltaine, ./. Agreement, compact, bargain, s.f. Wet-nurse.
l-,altair,** s.m. Compact,
bean-ch'nnidh, s.f. Kinswoman. 2 Clanswoman,
female namesake,
fbealtuidh, a. Nasty, dirty.
t- jachd, s.f. Uncleanness, filth iness. bean-chliamhuinn, see bana-chliamhuinn.
bealuidh, see bealaidh.
tbi'aochobhar, s.m. Horn,
fheam, .m. see beum.
fbeanchobhrach, o. Horny, horned,
bean, pr.part. a' beantainn [beanail, beantail, bean-choimheadachd, t.f. Waitiug-maid. 2
& be
& n. Touch. 2 Handle. 3 Bride' s-nv.i id.
Med ili with. Cha b.'iean sibh ri