from there , he went to a more serious-but quick-description of the gaeltacht , that area of scotland where gaelic was traditionally spoken , and told a few anecdotes of learning the gaelic on herring boats in the minch as a teenager-including the entire speech given by a particular captain taylor when a storm scoured out his favorite lobster hole and made away with all his pots ( this piece of eloquence having been addressed , with shaken fist , to the sea , the heavens , the crew , and the lobsters ) .