IOLAGAN, VI 166: The reason why daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law can never agree is that the devil is said to have shaken iolagan between them. Tha ’n droch-spiorad crathadh iolagan eadar bhana-chleimhnean. What these iolagan are I don’t know and can’t find out. Iolagan or Iollag, 43 = ? (If not links of devil’s chain). ’S e dh’fhàg na bana-chleimhnean gun bhith rèidh, gun do chrathadh na h-iollagan eatorra, [what prevented the female in-laws being at peace was that the iollagan had been shaken between them].
Chaidh a ràdh ann an Gearraidh na Mònadh ann an 1988-9 gur iad a th’ ann an iolagan ach links in a chain.
Chan eil fiosrachadh sam bith aig Dwelly, ach gu bheil iullag ann: “Sprightly, affected little female; skip, trip.” Is cinnteach gun cuireadh e dorran air boireannaich nan crathadh tu affected little females eatarra, ach chanainn gu bheil an t-slabhraidh nas coltaiche.