Beaver Island History - Helen Collar Papers
Gaelic Language
[See also "Ireland - Customs & Culture - Gaelic Language"]
Words to look up:
Strach/strac - strike, beat; "stracadh" - a troublesome fellow
Hela - eolach - knowing, skilled, expert
Lably - labhar - loud, noisy, locquacious
Gebbo - geob - a wry mouth; "geobach" - wry-mouthed
Mahal - madail - doggish, fierce, surly
Ropa - ropadh - a rope; a collection of seaweed; ropach - belonging to ropes, abounding
In seaweed; slovenly, squalid
Og - young
Mor - large
Don - defect, want, mischief
Doun - brown-haired; surly, bad-tempered
Beag - small