cailleach
Noun
Meaning
cailleach (plural cailleachs)
(Scotland) An old woman.
Examples
New York, Pantheon Books., pp. 57–60 At Imbolc on the Isle of Man, where she is known as Caillagh ny Groamagh, the Cailleach is said to take the form of a gigantic bird carrying sticks in her beak.