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A bheil sibh e貌lach air Loch Innis mo Cholmaig? 鈥橲 e 脿ite annasach a tha ann. Carson? Uill, 鈥檚 e ainm an locha ann am Beurla The Lake of Menteith. 鈥淭he only lake in Scotland鈥� mar a chanas daoine gu tric 鈥� ged as e 鈥渓och鈥� a tha ann, ann an G脿idhlig.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Seo cunntas dhen loch bhon leabhar aig T貌mas Garnett Observations on a Tour Through the Highlands and Part of the Western Isles of Scotland a nochd anns a鈥� bhliadhna ochd ceud deug (1800): 鈥淎bout six miles from Callander, we came to the Loch of Monteith, a beautiful little lake about five miles in circumference, adorned with two small sylvan islands.鈥� Loch of Monteith, seach Lake of Menteith.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sgr矛obh Garnett cunntas inntinneach mun loch. Agus sgr矛obh e mu dh貌igh iasgaich anns an loch. Tha d脿 she貌rsa 猫isg pailt ann an Loch Innis mo Cholmaig. Chan eil na h-猫isg sin cumanta air a鈥� Gh脿idhealtachd. Ach tha iad cumanta gu le貌r air a鈥� Ghalltachd agus ann an Sasainn. 鈥橲 e sin a鈥� chreagag-uisge (no muc-locha) agus an geadas. 鈥橲 e a鈥� Bheurla air creagag-uisge no muc-locha 鈥渇reshwater perch鈥�. 鈥橲 e a鈥� Bheurla air geadas 鈥减颈办别鈥�. Tha cunntas Gharnett mun t-seann d貌igh airson geadais a ghlacadh.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Bha tuathanaich air bruaichean an locha. Bha iad a鈥� toirt ge貌idh a-mach do na h-eileanan. Bha iad a鈥� ceangal l矛n-bheaga ri casan nan g猫adh. Bha na l矛n gu math goirid. Chuir iad dubhan air gach l矛on. Agus chuir iad baoit air gach dubhan. An uair sin, bha na tuathanaich ag iomain nan g猫adh a-steach don loch.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Bha na geadais a鈥� greimeachadh air a鈥� bhaoit. Bha iad air an glacadh leis na dubhain. Bha sp脿irn mh貌r eadar na ge貌idh agus na geadais. Bha na geadais a鈥� feuch-ainn ri faighinn gu uisge domhainn. Bha na ge貌idh a鈥� feuchainn ri faighinn gu t矛r. Bha na ge貌idh a鈥� buannachadh. Ach bha iad uabhasach sg矛th nuair a r脿inig iad t矛r.

Do you know Loch Innis mo Cholmaig? It鈥檚 an unusual place. Why? Well, the name of the loch in English is the Lake of Menteith. 鈥淭he only lake in Scotland鈥� as people often say 鈥� although it鈥檚 a 鈥渓och鈥� in Gaelic.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Here is an account of the loch from Thomas Garnett鈥檚 book Observations on a Tour Through the Highlands and Part of the Western Isles of Scotland that appeared in the year 1800: 鈥淎bout six miles from Callander, we came to the Loch of Monteith, a beautiful little lake about five miles in circumference, adorned with two small sylvan islands.鈥� Loch of Monteith, rather than Lake of Menteith.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Garnett wrote an interesting account of the loch. And he wrote about a way of fishing in the loch. Two types of fish are plentiful in the Lake of Menteith. Those fish are not common in the Highlands. But they are common enough in the Lowlands and in England. That鈥檚 the creagag-uisge (or muc-locha) and the geadas. The English for creagag-uisge or muc-locha is 鈥渇reshwater perch鈥�. The English for geadas is 鈥减颈办别鈥�. Garnett鈥檚 account is of the old means of catching pike.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 There were farmers on the banks of the loch. They were taking geese out to the islands. They were tying small lines to the geese鈥檚 feet. The lines were very short. They put a hook on each line. And they put bait on each hook. Then the farmers were driving the geese into the loch.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The pike were grabbing the bait. They were caught with the hooks. There was a great struggle between the geese and the pike. The pike were trying to get to deep water. The geese were trying to get to land. The geese were winning. But they were very tired when they reached land.