balg

builg, sm Leather bag, budget, wallet, scrip, satchel. 2 Seed of an herb. 3 Boss of a shield. 4 Belly. 5 Womb. 6 Blister on the skin. 7 Air-tube of a cycle. 8 Quiver. 9 Pair of bellows. Séid am balg, blow the bellows; á balg na maidne, from the womb of the morning; balg ri gréine, basking; is labhar na builg fhàs, noisy are the empty bags — NGP; arra-bhalg, an eyelid — JM. Trì builg sìl dà bhalg gràin, aon bhalg mine, 3 bags of corn make 2 bags of kiln-dried grain and one bag of meal. The balg was made of the skin of a sheep, taken off the carcase by means of a cut round the neck without being cut down the breast and belly, in the same way that the skins of dogs are taken off to be made into buoys by the fishermen of the East of Scotland. This mode of skinning is called fionnadh-balgain. For an accurate description of balg see Martin's account of North Rona.

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