òrdag

-aig, -an, sf Thumb. 2 Great toe. Air òrdaig an làimhe deise, on the thumb of their right hand; air òrdaig an coise deise, on the great toe of their right foot; an òrdag an aghaidh na slaic, the thumb against the palm, the thumb at strife with the palm; òrdag an t-suic, see crann nan gad (p. 263); thug òrdag a choise sanas do bhun a chluaise, the toe of his foot gave a hint or whisper to (struck) the root of his ear, a graphic picture of the violence of the throw — he was not only thrown on his back but bis feet flew up in the air and his head so far rebounded that toe and ear met; òrdag, sgolbag, fionna-fada, mac an aba, cuibhteag (the names of the fingers or toes among children, beginning at the thumb or great toe). Another rhyme of these names in Arran is “òrdag, calagag, fionna-fad, mac an ab is cuisteag,” another, “òrdag, corrag, meur-meadhan, màthair an lùdain (or na lùdaig),” &c, also, “seo an té a leag an sabhal, seo an té a ghoid an sìl (not sìol), seo an té a sheas ag amharc, seo an té a ruith air falbh, seo an té bheag a b' fheudar dhith a phàigheadh air fad,” the last being apparently only a Gaelic translation of the Scottish rhyme, this is the man that broke the barn, this is the man that stole the the corn, this is the man that stood and saw, this is the man that ran awa' and wee peeriwinkie paid for a'.

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