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baobh

-aoibh, -an, sf Wizard. 2 Wicked mischievous female, who invokes a curse or some evil on others. 3 Foolish, disagreeable female. 4 She-spirit supposed to haunt rivers. Càineam agus aoiream a' bhaobh a rinn an t-òran, let me satirize and lampoon the furious woman that made the song; eadar a' bhaobh is a' bhuarach, a dilemma — referring to the superstition that a blow from a “buarach” renders childless; gheibh baobh a guidhe ged nach fhaigh a h-anam tròcair, a wicked woman will get her wish though her soul get no mercy.

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