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The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland
Language: en
Pages: 170
Authors: Ernest Marwick
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-07 - Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

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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,
Walking on the Orkney and Shetland Isles
Language: en
Pages: 327
Authors: Graham Uney
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-07-12 - Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited

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A guidebook to 80 walking routes on Scotland's Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Routes are described on the islands of Orkney (Orkney Mainland, Hoy, South
The Other British Isles
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: David W. Moore
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-08 - Publisher: McFarland

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Their names bespeak a rich past. From the Norse Hjaltland comes the modern Shetland: islands nominally Scottish, steeped in Nordic culture, closer to the Arctic
The Norn Language of Orkney and Shetland
Language: en
Pages: 84
Authors: Michael P. Barnes
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Virago Press

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For some 950 years a Scandinavian language was spoken in Orkney and Shetland. It was introduced into the islands by Viking settlers and became the dominant form
Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Shetland, 1533-1593
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Peter D. Anderson
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: John Donald

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