Index:Shetland Folk-Lore - Spence - 1899.pdf

Title	Shetland Folk-Lore
Author	John Spence
Year	1899
Publisher	Johnson & Greig
Location	Lerwick
Source	pdf
Progress	To be proofread
Transclusion	Index not transcluded or unreviewed

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CONTENTS

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THE PICTS AND THEIR BROCHS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

17

First inhabitants of Shetland ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

17

Finns, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

18

Magic powers of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

20

Legends of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22

Picts, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

27

Cultivation of land by ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

29

Mode of fishing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

32

Plundered by the Norsemen ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

34

Brochs ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

Dwelling-places of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

37

Battle fought in Unst ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

Conquered by the Norsemen ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

42

Brochs in Nesting ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

44

In Unst ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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In Sandness ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

52

In Shetland ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

57

PREHISTORIC REMAINS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Stone Age ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

62

Rude Stone Implements ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Polished Stone Implements ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

66

Shetland Wooded in Early Times ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

69

Perforated Stone Axes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

74

Stone Knives ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

Domestic Utensils of Stone ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

77

Burial Mounds ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78

Cinerary Urns ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

81

Standing Stones ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

89

Stone Circles ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

91

Sculptured Stones ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

94

Runic Stones ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

Bronze Weapons ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

102

Bronze Ornaments ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

105

FOLK-LORE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

109

Sea and Weather Lore ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

110

The Haf Fishing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

124

Trows and Witches ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

139

Social Life in Olden Times ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

169

Festivities ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

187

PROVERBS AND SAYINGS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

205

THE LAMMAS FOY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

235

INDEX