Blair Collection > Gaelic names of beasts (mammalia), birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, etc

STICKLEBACK— THRESHER 389
bannis, bannistickle, bannystickle or rickle, banskittlCj banstickle,
bantickle, banty, baree, barnacle, beardie, beardie-lotch or lowie,
benticle, bismore, boneticle, bonyprick, bottle-nose, bramstickle,
bulgranade ; Cannel, eockband ; Duckins ; Enemy-chit ; Firey-loch ;
Great sea-adder ; Heckle harry or hurry-banning, heckleback
(fifteen-spin ed) ; Jack-bandy bannell or sharp ; Little gurnard ;
Pinkeen, pow (Somerset), prickleback, pricky, prigge-trout ;
Robbie-wan-berd or berg ; Scorpion-fish, sea-adder, sharplin,
spricklebag or beg, stanstikel (A. S.), sticklebag, stickling,
stinger, stronachie, stuttleback, stytling (A. S.) ; Tan, tantickle
or stickle (SufF.), thornback, tinker (lesser) ; Willie-wan-beard
(fifteen-spined).
The stickleback is noted for being able to swim swiftly straight
backwards.
STURGEON. — Bradan-bacach pacach or sligeach ; Canaj
canach ; Priogga-breac ; Stiornach, stirean, stirrin.
Sture, sturgiun, sturjoun. Literally " stirrer," from its habits.
One of Coinneach odhar, the Brahan seer's prophecies, is as
follows : —
'Nuair a thraoghas abhainn na Mhanachain tri uairean, agus
a ghlacar bradan-sligeach air grunnd na h-aibhne, 's ami a sin
a bhios an deuchainn ghoirt.
When the river Beauly (Monastery) is dried up three times,
and a "scaly salmon," i.e., royal sturgeon, is caught on
the ground (or bed) of the river, then will be a time of
great trial.
SUCKER (see Cockle). — Sruban, srubaire — "Jura" sucker.
SWORD-FISH. — Bior-iasg ; lasg-a-chlaidheamh ; Luin-iasg,
lunasg.
Blue-cock or poll ; Chine (kind of) ; Ehog (Old Brit.) ; Gar-
pipe, gerrick, gore-bill, green-back bane ben or bone, guard-
fish ; Horn-eel fish or kecke ; King or leader of the fish ; Long-
nose ; Mackerel-guide or scout ; Needle-fish ; Rasour ; Sea-needle ;
Spanish mackerel, spear ling ; Whaup-fish.
This fish is a species of mackerel (Xiphias) and is fully as
swift ; it attacks anything for sheer fighting sake.
T
TEREDO. — Boireal ; Moireag, moireagan, moireal, muragan.
Borer. — This is a species of worm, but is included here as
being found at sea.
THRESHER.— Buailtear, bualadair, bualtan, bualtar.