Folk-Lore
Pirr—Light airs in patches.
Laar—Light airs more diffused.
Stoor—A breeze.
Gooster—A strong breeze.
Gyndagooster—A storm.
Fan or Tud—A sudden squall.
Dachin—A lull.
Hain—To cease raining.
Runk—A break between showers.
Röd—Small rain.
Dagg—Wet fog.
The sea, like the wind, in its ever restless moods had various names applied to its movements. Da mother di was the name given to the undulations that roll landward even in calm weather, and by means of which the old hafmen could find his way in the thickest fog without the aid of a compass.
Di—A wave.
Söal—Swell occasioned by a breeze.
Tove—A short, cross, heavy sea.
Hak—Broken water.
Burrik—A sharp sea or “tide lump.”
Bod—A heavy wave breaking on the shore.
Brim—Sound of sea breaking on the shore, especially when land could not be seen, as in a fog.
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