Floods Tuiltean

Faclan is abairtean: Bho àm gu àm: from time to time; bidh tuiltean anns na h-aibhnichean againn: there are floods in our rivers; dona gu leòr ann an Siorrachd Rois: bad enough in Ross-shire; Cataibh, Gallaibh agus Arcaibh: Sutherland, Caithness and Orkney; na bu mhiosa ann am Moireibh: worse in Moray; dìle: exceptionally heavy rain; am Monadh Liath: The Monadhliath (mountains between Strathspey and Loch Ness); am Monadh Ruadh: The Cairngorms; chuir Uisge Narann agus Uisge Èireann thairis: the Nairn and Findhorn rivers overflowed; an dàrna latha dhen Lùnastal: the 2^nd of August; beagan òirleach de dh’uisge: a few inches of rain; bha muileann fùcaidh, no muileann luadhaidh, ann an Srath Narann: there was a [cloth] fulling mill in Strathnairn; bha an uidheamachd trom: the machinery was heavy; dh’fhalbh i leis an t-sruth: it went with the current [ie was washed away]; aig Clàbha, tha seann bharpaichean: at Clava, there are old chambered cairns; bha iad ann bho Linn an Umha: they were there since the Bronze Age; sheas X an aghaidh na tuile: X withstood the flood; cha robh Muileann Chlàbha cho fortanach: the Mill of Clava was not so fortunate; chaidh sgrios a dhèanamh air cala Inbhir Narann: Nairn harbour was damaged; chaidh an drochaid air rathad mòr an Righ, thairis air Uisge Èireann, a leagail:the bridge on the main road (“king’s highway”), over the Findhorn River, was knocked down; chaill daoine taighean, bàrr is stoc: people lost houses, crops and stock; cha robh an gnothach seachad: the matter wasn’t concluded; bha uidheamachd a’ mhuilinn luadhaidh air ais anns an àite cheart: the fulling mill’s equipment was back in the correct place; bha dithis uaislean ann an Caisteal Chaladair:there were two gentlemen in Cawdor Castle; bha iad ag iarraidh na màileidean aca a chur a dh’Inbhir Nis: they were wanting their cases taken to Inverness; dh’fheuch e ri faighinn a-null: he tried to get across; ann am meadhan na h-aibhne airson seachd uairean a thìde: in the middle of the river for seven hours [of time]; Tuil Mhòr Mhoireibh: The Great Flood[s] of Moray; abair samhradh!: what a summer!