Tag: folklore
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UHI Institute for Northern Studies Well Represented at SIEF Congress
The University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies was well-represented at the June 2025 congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF), hosted this year by the Elphinstone Institute at the University of Aberdeen, with the theme of ‘unwriting’. Ullrich Kockel, (UHI INS) Professor of…
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The Island of Faray Orkney’s lesser known North Isle
The island of Faray – abandoned in 1947 – is something of an enigma, having been almost forgotten in the course of less than 100 years. Debates rage over the pronunciation, the impending works on a new slipway or the proposed OIC windfarm. Finally, Faray is back in people’s minds. …
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Press gangs in Orkney
The threat of the press gang was very real for our Orcadian ancestors
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Never mind the groatie buckies, have you found a molucca bean?
Orcadians have the love of the cowrie shell – known locally as the groattie buckie – but what if something else was sought?
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Swords, saints and cursed rings
Swords feature more than you’d think in fantasy literature
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Collecting memories to record online
A small oral history project undertaken by the Institute
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Avian abductions – fact or fiction?
Have eagles ever stolen children? We investigate the archives.
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