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Th脿inig leabhar beag a-mach o chionn聽ghoirid 鈥� The Cromarty Fisherfolk聽Dialect. Tha e mu dheidhinn dual-chainnt聽nan iasgairean ann an Cromba. 鈥橲 e聽dualchainnt de dh鈥橝lbais a tha anns an聽dualchainnt sin. Tha d矛reach dithis aig a聽bheil i gu fileanta an-diugh.聽Tha cuid de na faclan coltach ri聽faclan ann an dualchainntean eile de聽dh鈥橝lbais. Mar eisimpleir, bauchles聽(seann slioparan), belligut (neach聽sanntach), agus guloot (fear a tha gr貌t a聽dh矛th an tastain). Agus tha faclan aca聽nach eil ann an dualchainntean eile; mar聽eisimpleir sallikatazaar a tha a鈥櫬燾iallachadh 鈥渄eillseag鈥�.聽Ach bha Cromba air a chuairteachadh聽le G脿idheil. Agus tha faclan ann聽an dualchainnt nan iasgairean a th脿inig聽bhon Gh脿idhlig. Mar eisimp-leir, amitan聽(a fool), boddach (old man), buss (a聽mouth), callach (old woman) agus聽cootyach (family group, company or聽clan). Bidh sibh ag aithneachadh nam聽faclan amadan, bodach, bus, cailleach聽agus cuideachd.聽Seo feadhainn eile: doorcans (fir聽cones used to smoke fish), dossan聽(fringe, forelock), gob (the opening or聽mouth of a receptacle), laroch (a house聽site), ropach (untidy), agus spatyel聽(grand or well-dressed). Bidh sibh ag聽aithneachadh nam faclan G脿idhlig聽durcan, dosan, gob, l脿rach, robach agus聽spaideal.聽鈥橲 e am facal a bha aca orra fh猫in聽Croompach 鈥� sin cuideigin 脿 Cromba.聽Th脿inig sin bhon Gh脿idhlig Crombach.聽Agus bha iad ag r脿dh Ballachalls ris na聽daoine 脿 Inbhir Pheofharain. 鈥橲 e Baile聽a鈥� Ch脿il seann ainm G脿idhlig air Inbhir聽Pheofharain.聽Bha seann tobar ann an Cromba.聽鈥橲 e The Stroopie Well an t-ainm a bha聽air. Bha an t-uisge na leigheas airson聽iomadach rud. Bha clann 貌g a鈥� toirt an聽uisge dhachaigh. Bha a鈥� chlann a鈥櫬爁aighinn duais 鈥� bonnach beag le toll聽ann. 鈥橲 e bonnach fallaid a bha air ann聽an G脿idhlig. 鈥橲 e fallaid a鈥� mhin-fhl霉ir聽agus taois nach robh air an cleachdadh.聽Ann an dualchainnt nan iasgairean聽Crombach, 鈥檚 e bonnach faaly a bha iad聽a鈥� gabhail air a鈥� bhonnach sin.聽Bha na daoine a鈥� creidsinn gun聽robh am bonnach fallaid a鈥� toirt deagh聽fhortan don taigh. Bha na G脿idheil a鈥櫬燾reidsinn sin. Bha na h-iasgairean聽Crombach a鈥� creidsinn sin. Bha diofar聽ch脿nanan aca, ach bha m貌ran anns a鈥櫬燾humantas eatarra.

A wee book came out recently 鈥� The聽Cromarty Fisherfolk Dialect. It鈥檚聽about the fisherfolk dialect in聽Cromarty. That dialect is a dialect聽of Scots. Only two people speak it聽fluently today.聽Some of the words are like聽words in other dialects of Scots. For聽example bauchles (old slippers),聽belligut (a greedy person) and聽guloot (a simple man 鈥� one who is a聽groat short of the shilling). And they聽have words which are not in other聽dialects, such as sallikatazaar which聽means 鈥渁 skelp鈥�.聽But Cromarty was surrounded聽by Gaels. And there are words in the聽fisher dialect that came from Gaelic.聽For example amitan (a fool),聽boddach (old man), buss (a mouth),聽callach (old woman) and cootyach聽(family group, company or clan).聽You will recognize the words聽amadan, bodach, bus, cailleach and聽cuideachd.聽Here are some others:聽doorcans (fir cones used to smoke聽fish), dossan (fringe, forelock), gob聽(the opening or mouth of a receptacle),聽laroch (a house site), ropach聽(untidy), and spatyel (grand or welldressed).聽You鈥檒l recognize the聽Gaelic words durcan, dosan, gob,聽l脿rach, robach and spaideal.聽The word they had for聽themselves was Croompach 鈥� that鈥檚聽somebody from Cromarty. That聽came from the Gaelic Crombach.聽And they called people from聽Dingwall Ballachalls. Baile a鈥� Ch脿il聽(鈥渃abbage town鈥�) was an old聽Gaelic name for Dingwall.聽There was an old well in Cromarty.聽It was called The Stroopie聽Well. The water was a cure for many聽things. Young children took [were聽taking] the water home. The聽children got a reward 鈥� a wee聽bannock with a hole in it. In Gaelic聽it was called a bonnach fallaid.聽Fallaid is the meal and dough which聽was not used. In the Cromarty聽fisherfolk dialect they called that聽bannock the bonnach faaly.聽The people were believing that聽the bonnach fallaid brought the聽house good luck. The Gaels were聽believing that. The Cromarty fisherfolk聽were believing that. They spoke聽different languages, but they had聽much in common.