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Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland
Author: Orkney and Shetland Miscellany
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Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland
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Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Index to Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland
Author: J. A. B. TownsendPublisher: Viking Society for Northern Research University College
ISBN: 9780903521260
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland
Author: Ernest MarwickPublisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788852729
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'. Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain. Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.
The Making of the Scottish Countryside
Author: M. L. ParryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000394042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Originally published in 1980, this book examines the evolution of the Scottish landscape from pre-historic times to the mid-nineteenth century. It considers the way in which the structural base of agriculture and the changing farming ‘system’ came to alter the Scottish rural landscape. This book, with its focus on the underlying landscape processes, gives a developmental view of landscape change. It therefore considers the crucial question of the rate and pace of landscape change and argues that the Scottish landscape was not the product of a few brief phases of quite rapid development but rather the result of a continual and gradual process of change. It also looks at the regional variation of landscape change and establishes the importance of regional linkages in the diffusion of ideas especially in new technology.
The Lore of Scotland
Author: Sophia KingshillPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 140906171X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs, and in The Lore of Scotland Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the finest and most intriguing: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches, and accounts of local customs and traditions. Their range extends right across the country, from the Borders with their haunting ballads, via Glasgow, site of St Mungo's miracles, to the fateful battlefield of Culloden, and finally to the Shetlands, home of the seal-people. More than simply retelling these stories, The Lore of Scotland explores their origins, showing how and when they arose and investigating what basis - if any - they have in historical fact. In the process, it uncovers the events that inspired Shakespeare's Macbeth, probes the claim that Mary King's Close is the most haunted street in Edinburgh, and examines the surprising truth behind the fame of the MacCrimmons, Skye's unsurpassed bagpipers. Moreover, it reveals how generations of Picts, Vikings, Celtic saints and Presbyterian reformers shaped the myriad tales that still circulate, and, from across the country, it gathers together legends of such renowned figures as Sir William Wallace, St Columba, and the great warrior Fingal. The result is a thrilling journey through Scotland's legendary past and an endlessly fascinating account of the traditions and beliefs that play such an important role in its heritage.
A Guide to Serial Publications Founded Prior to 1918 and Now Or Recently Current in Boston, Cambridge, and Vicinity
Author: Thomas Johnston HomerPublisher:
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Saga Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research
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Category : Icelandic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
List of members in v. 3, 5.