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Dwelly says, “See fraochan,” But fraochan can be blueberry or, cranberry,' or a fit of passion,' or part of a deer,' or the `extra toe-cap of a shoe,' This suggests the real translation is `a tapered little piece of (leather to prevent wear of the shoe by the) heather.
Using Dwelly, MacLennan, and a list of plant names in a 1925 book of tartans (published by W.A.
Dwelly set out to compile the Gaelic from all earlier dictionaries and was very successful in an encyclopedic effort; but the work would have been more useful had it an English-to-Gaelic section and provided some etymological clues as to meaning.
Dwelly also gives fraoch nam curra bhitheag without translation.
In addition, Dwelly gives other terms for bell heather or smooth-leaved heath, as he calls it: