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corcach

-aiche, a Of, belonging to, or like, a fairy- or water-bull. 2(DC) Short-eared. Applied to cows. In the Highlands of old, these were supposed to be ‘sionn’ or uncanny, as they were deemed to be the issue of a tarbh-uisge, or water-bull and an ordinary cow. Laogh corcach, a calf having small ears like the water-bull, (a presage of evil). [In Uist laogh corc-chluasach].

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