10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EIRACK»
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eirack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Desultory notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary
Eerie — Eirack 45 E EERIE is to be found under Ery, ii. 159. Who ever heard of
ery as a Scotch word ? And what Englishman does not know eerie; though the
Historical English Dictionary ' says " it is still regarded as properly Scotch " ?
James B. Montogomerie- Fleming,
1899
2
Credulities Past and Present: Including the Sea and Seamen, ...
AN " eirack's " egg, that is the first egg laid by a hen, is used in Scotland as the
principal ingredient in a " Hallow E'en " charm ; such eggs are carefully watched
for, and when obtained, are preserved against the advent of that festival. The
dread ...
William Jones (F.S.A.),
1898
3
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
EIRACK, Earock, Erack, Erock,«. A hen of the first year, one that has begun to lay,
S. Howtowdie, synon. " Eirack, a chicken." Statist. Acc. xv. 8, N. The writer of this
account refers to Gael, eirag. This indeed signifies a chicken ; a pullet, a young ...
4
A Critical Inquiry Into the Scottish Language with the View ...
Eirack, s. a hen pullet. Gael, eirag. Falton, s. a fillet. (Argylls.) Gael, faltan, a welt,
belt, ribbon for the head, snood. Filibeg, philibeg, feil-beg, s. a piece of dress
worn by men in the Highlands instead of breeches. GaeL filleadh. Foutfe, footer, s
.
The dread hour of midnight being at hand, the eirack's egg is broken raw, or
rather the shell is pierced so as to admit of the " white " exuding drop by drop.
This is permitted to fall into a wine-glass two-thirds full of clear water, until little is
left ...
6
Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality, of ...
What Sepulcher! ah 'what Repository for my ador'd Reputation 2 There I shall be
wounded even after Death ! Of. halle and 1ec;hXc1;e Midwife. rm surroundecl
with Horror, "ch'eiRack of Nature isupon me,,and.no hind. asIisting[Hand' to
relieve ...
Mrs. Manley (Mary de la Rivière),
1709
7
The Key to Culture: Customs, Manners and Niceties of Society
A chicken's first-laid egg is known in Ireland as an eirack's egg, and is accredited
with miraculous powers. Taking the white of such an egg, you may wander 238
SPELLS, CHARMS, OMENS & SUPERSTITIONS To Wed or Not to Wed A St ...
Paul Thomas Gilbert,
1921
8
Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum: a Dictionary of the Gaelic ...
C. S. Soot. Eirack. Germ. Jalirig, one year old. ' EIREALLACH, -A1CH, s. m. A
monster, a clumsy old carle: monstrum, inhabile silicernium. vain. - Eirearaich, s.
Night watching of corpses: pervigilium in cadavera. MSS. Vide Famire, vel
Foraire.
9
Gaelic Names of Beasts (mammalia), Birds, Fishes, Insects, ...
... ducker (fighting cock) ; Earock, eirack, crack, errack ; Faizart, fesart (
hermaphrodite), fluckern (white-speckled), fuddie (tail-less), gallinule (water);
Hawk-hen, how-towdy (never laid) ; Ingaby (defeated cock) ; Klaager ; Mabiar,
mabier, ...
Alexander Robert Forbes,
1905
10
A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words ...
EARNING-GRASS, ». Common butter- wort, Lanarks. Light/oat. EAROCK, ». A
hen of the first year. V. EIRACK. EARS, i. pi. Kidneys, Dnmfr. Loth.— Ir. ara, a
kidney, also C.B. area, whence Gael. airne, id. iVcirs, q. v. ia evidently from the
Gothic.
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.),
1846