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Bollog na cuisli (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ?
bellows of the cuisli; ➺ remark(s) below

mechanical device used to supply the bag with air

Identical types: 26
Cuislenna

The "cuisli" are "the veins on the inside of the first joint of the arm"; Dubious term, mentioned by Conran, Ledwich, and Walker, but according to Breathnach "never been recorded from a native source, nor in speech"; NB: ➺ Ullan-piobe / Ullan pipes.


Sources

Breathnach, Breandán: The Irish pipes. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.4 (»Walker [p.76]).

Ledwich, Edward: The antiquities of Ireland [1790]. Dublin, 1804 (2), p.250 (Bollogna Cuisli).

Conran, Michael: The national music of Ireland, containing the history of the Irish bards, the national melodies, the harp, and other musical instruments of Erin [1846]. London & Manchester, 1850 (2), p.112 (Bollog-na Cuisli).

Walker, Joseph C. [Cooper]: Historical memoirs of the Irish bards, 1 (Dublin, MDCCLXXXVI [1786]), ed. 1818, p.104.