Bruce Fletcher wrote: > Thankyou for your kind words. I did not intend to send the email to > Orcadia-L but if you enjoyed it so much and Sigurd does not mind I shall > post future instalments here. Current and previous instalments of the saga > are posted on my website, URL in my signature at foot of this email. Link doesn't work Bruce - I'm getting this:- The web page you are trying to access doesn't exist on Yahoo! GeoCities. http://uk.geocities.com/ricardian If you continue to have trouble, visit our help area for information and assistance. -- Mike Clouston

So, it the flash that is the issue. Does that mean you could take photos without a flash? On Friday, May 28, 2004, at 07:45 AM, Wolfgang Schlick wrote: >> What would be the wisdom in disallowing a photo of the original? > > Actually, photos of the hood do exist: front, back, close-ups of > various > parts; I've seen them last year, when I visited the Royal Museum. They > are > all done for research and under 'labaratory conditions'. But when such > things are on display, the public is not allowed to take any shots in > general! I think that happened in Kirkwall as well. > The reason for that is quite simple: Folks might use flash lights esp. > from > short distances and this lights do not only harm to the colors but to > the > fragile textile structures as well. A few couple of flash lights may > have > the same result as a display in bright sunshine for days. > It is the same as it is with old paintings ... but such things as the > hood > will react even more sensible. > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

Thankyou for your kind words. I did not intend to send the email to Orcadia-L but if you enjoyed it so much and Sigurd does not mind I shall post future instalments here. Current and previous instalments of the saga are posted on my website, URL in my signature at foot of this email. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney http://uk.geocities.com/ricardian@btinternet.com/

Over here in el Canada, we loved your piece. Your descriptive passage is an inspiration to those of us about to make the trek. Bravo! ......Stephen On Friday, May 28, 2004, at 02:12 AM, Bruce Fletcher wrote: > Thankyou for your kind words. I did not intend to send the email to > Orcadia-L but if you enjoyed it so much and Sigurd does not mind I > shall > post future instalments here. Current and previous instalments of the > saga > are posted on my website, URL in my signature at foot of this email. > -- > Bruce Fletcher > Stronsay, Orkney > http://uk.geocities.com/ricardian@btinternet.com/ > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

What would be the wisdom in disallowing a photo of the original? On Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 03:50 PM, Sigurd Towrie wrote: > On 27 May 2004 23:29, Judy wrote: > >> Interesting discussion about 'the hood' here! And many >> thanks Sigurd for your wonderful web pages on the hood! The >> picture is worth a million words(at least). Judy Platz (Maine) > > I should stress that the picture is of the replica hood. You're not > allowed > to photograph the original.... > -- > Sigurd Towrie > Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney > Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com > Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com > Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

Excellent explanation. What did the rest of the garments consist of? On Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 03:04 PM, Sigurd Towrie wrote: > On 28 May 2004 01:35, stephen davie wrote: > >> Putting my sense of humour aside, I wondered if fur was more likely >> the garment of choice, in particular in winter, such as seal skin. In >> this event, it would sort of disappear or disintegrate, whereas the >> wool would be more inclined to resist decay. > > It is more likely that given the circumstances of the find, the hood, > in > common with Iron Age tradition, was deposited deliberately - given the > quality and effort that went into making the garment. The > gods/spirits/whatever were choosy when it came to offerings.... > > -- > Sigurd Towrie > Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney > Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com > Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com > Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

It just worked for me Mike. Give it another try. I did do a copy & paste rather than click on the link, it's usually more successful. The pictures of the winter and more are great Bruce. Karen

It would be great to be able to receive the saga from the list, with Sigurd's go ahead. Please do. Pat

> Sigurd: The gods/spirits/whatever were choosy when it came to offerings.... OR - not so poetic: ... there is only a little in man's head to rot away ... (compared with his belly) ... :-)

On 27 May 2004 23:29, Judy wrote: > Interesting discussion about 'the hood' here! And many > thanks Sigurd for your wonderful web pages on the hood! The > picture is worth a million words(at least). Judy Platz (Maine) I should stress that the picture is of the replica hood. You're not allowed to photograph the original.... -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

On 28 May 2004 01:35, stephen davie wrote: > Putting my sense of humour aside, I wondered if fur was more likely > the garment of choice, in particular in winter, such as seal skin. In > this event, it would sort of disappear or disintegrate, whereas the > wool would be more inclined to resist decay. It is more likely that given the circumstances of the find, the hood, in common with Iron Age tradition, was deposited deliberately - given the quality and effort that went into making the garment. The gods/spirits/whatever were choosy when it came to offerings.... -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

A widely held belief was/is that the majority of Orkney's tinklers were dispossessed people from Ireland - something George Mackay Brown remarked upon a few times in various articles. Whether this is true or not it explains the distinctive names of a number of tinkler families - the descendants of which have long since "settled" and can still be found in the islands. It also explains their distinct accents, traces of which can still be heard today. One family in particular had a nickname (which is still common today) which may hark back to a habit of taking shelter in howes/knowes. We know they did this and these people may well explain some of the folklore of mound dwellers that remains today. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

Thanks, Bruce, i really enjoyed this lovely insight into your Orcadian life and look forward to your next epistle! Esp wonderful image of the compliant, unruffled hen with lambs hiding in her hen house! Can't help worrying about your frozen food supplies though - after a leisurely lunch and a 1&1/2 hour crossing! Hoping to get to Stronsay this July perhaps - I have Sinclair ancestors who once lived at "Sowiehall" - can't find anything similar to that name on my OS map, so i reckon its now a ruin or worse, like the homes of my other ancestors on Westray and Shapinsay. If there are any elderly residents you could ask - i'd love to know where Sowiehall once stood?? Hoping for some of those jolly monks on board the ferry, too! Best wishes, Fiona Pearson, here in your-left-behind Yorkshire, but dreaming of July. _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE connection, FREE modem and one month's FREE line rental, plus a US or European flight when you sign up for BT Broadband! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband

Our trip to Kirkwall last week was uneventful despite Maureen's belief that the boat was doomed to plunge into the depths every time it rocked. The outward and return journey took about 90 minutes each instead of the usual 2 hours because the boat did not call at Eday or Sanday. It seemed strange at first to see all the traffic and people in Kirkwall even though it was less than two months since we left 'civilization. However, I remembered to keep looking in my rearview mirror and we soon adjusted to looking both ways before crossing the road and fastening our seatbelts every time we got into the car. The main purposes of the trip were to visit the hairdresser/barber, stock up with some seed potatoes, onion sets etc. and to bulk buy some frozen food. We achieved all these objectives and still had time for a leisurely lunch in the Kirkwall Hotel. An added bonus was spotting and buying some fresh strawberries that had been grown on Papa Westray - much tastier than the huge, forced strawberries that appear in some mainland shops at this time of year. There were several monks from Papa Stronsay on the ferry to Kirkwall. On the return journey they were laden down with a variety of mysterious parcels including an extremely long curtain rail that was particularly difficult to control in the stiff breeze. I always thought that monks were quiet, thoughtful, rather lugubrious people but the Transalpine Redemptorists from Papa Stronsay seem perpetually happy and cheerful. The chap who does various electrical and plumbing jobs that are beyond my capabilities (i.e. most of them) keeps hens on his croft and has just acquired five lambs, two to keep as pets and three for the freezer. Last week he thought that the lambs had escaped because there was no sign of them in their field. Just as he was about to commence a search of the area his wife called his attention to five lambs that were squeezing themselves out of the tiny henhouse entrance followed by one hen. Fortunately the lambs will soon be too big to get into the henhouse so the hens will have the place to themselves again. We have just one wagtail who has visited us almost every day since we moved in. For almost a week now we have been delighted to see that he/she has brought a baby wagtail into the garden and has fed it while we watched through the kitchen window. There are plenty of local birds - sparrows, starlings and blackbirds - just as there were in Yorkshire but we hear curlews, oystercatchers and lapwings calling all the time. The two greylag geese near one of the two shops are now the proud parents of two goslings and emit warning hissing noises if they think that anybody is too close to their offspring. The sparrows and starlings are all very tame and appear to have no great fear of humans. When either of us goes into the garden the birds immediately take to the air but as we walk about they will land right behind us and carry on as though nothing had happened. It is not uncommon for Maureen to shake the washing line to make the birds fly off it so that she can peg out some clothes. Maureen puts out food scraps for the birds every day and they are soon gobbled up but some birds are very ungrateful and leave multiple tiny, dirty claw prints or, worse, their 'calling cards' on her clean washing. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney http://uk.geocities.com/ricardian@btinternet.com/

Interesting discussion about 'the hood' here! And many thanks Sigurd for your wonderful web pages on the hood! The picture is worth a million words(at least). Judy Platz (Maine) ----- Original Message ----- From: Sigurd Towrie To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:04 PM Subject: RE: [<orcadia>] Re: Orkney hood-reply to Fiona On 28 May 2004 01:35, stephen davie wrote: > Putting my sense of humour aside, I wondered if fur was more likely > the garment of choice, in particular in winter, such as seal skin. In > this event, it would sort of disappear or disintegrate, whereas the > wool would be more inclined to resist decay. It is more likely that given the circumstances of the find, the hood, in common with Iron Age tradition, was deposited deliberately - given the quality and effort that went into making the garment. The gods/spirits/whatever were choosy when it came to offerings.... -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com

Putting my sense of humour aside, I wondered if fur was more likely the garment of choice, in particular in winter, such as seal skin. In this event, it would sort of disappear or disintegrate, whereas the wool would be more inclined to resist decay. On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 04:40 AM, Tirabasso wrote: > > Stephen, > > Doesn't it make you wonder...If the hood was found... where is the > rest of > the clothing? Why just a single piece of clothing? > > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stephen davie" <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> > To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:03 PM > Subject: [<orcadia>] Re: Orkney hood-reply to Fiona - no longer > tinkering- > now we are tailoring! > > >> Fiona: >> >> I took a look at the hood on Sigurd's website. I can't believe the >> depth of knowledge that man has amassed. Great descriptive piece. I >> noticed that it is in a museum in Edinburgh. Seems it was made of >> wool, >> which comes as no real surprise. So, that gets us down to the >> shoulders. I guess a shirt type of garment could have been extended >> from such a hood, like a hooded sweatshirt. As to legs and feet, that >> is still a mystery to me. >> >> Your comment on subject title changes is duly noted. Thankou. >> >> Stephen >> On Monday, May 24, 2004, at 08:19 AM, Fiona wrote: >> >>>>> Steve, one item of clothing I did see in the museum there in >>>>> Kirkwall >>>>> was a >>>>> cloth hood worn over the whole head witht the face cut out. Sort >>>>> of a >>>>> Balaclava looking item. It had been dug from the peat.. It was >>>>> there >>>>> for a >>>>> short visit and was to return to another museum. >>> >>>> Interesting. do you recall what kind of cloth it was? >>> >>> There's some information about the Orkney Hood in the archives of the >>> Orcadian website: >>> http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2002/archive8.htm >>> and >>> http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/minehowe2.htm >>> >>> And also on Sigurd's Orkneyjar website: >>> http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/orkneyhood.htm >>> >>> It was on show at the Orkney Museum for a while, along with the >>> replica >>> which was made. I'm not sure if the replica is still on show at the >>> Museum, >>> hopefully someone else will know this. >>> >>> >>> Also - can I make a small plea? If people email the list on a >>> different >>> subject could they please change the subject heading of the email? >>> Apart >>> from making it easier for people who receive a lot of email to see >>> what they >>> want to read, it will also make it easier for anyone browsing the >>> archives >>> of the list for subjects of interest. >>> >>> Fiona >>> Orkney >>> >>> >>> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >>> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the >>> word >>> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >>> >> >> >> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the >> word >> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >> >> >> > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

Thanks for this Bruce- hope you continue to let us peep into your life ! cheers Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy" <j_pz@adelphia.net> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Fletcher Saga 27 May 2004 > Hello Orcadians All: > For those of us who have not been to Orkney, but are longing to come > participate in an archelogical dig and lap up the serenity of the place, > Bruce your letter lends precise images. Ah! Wonderful! and many > thanks! Judy Platz (U.S. Maine) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Fletcher > To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 1:56 PM > Subject: [<orcadia>] Fletcher Saga 27 May 2004 > > > Our trip to Kirkwall last week was uneventful despite Maureen's belief that > the boat was doomed to plunge into the depths every time it rocked. The > outward and return journey took about 90 minutes each instead of the usual 2 > hours because the boat did not call at Eday or Sanday. It seemed strange at > first to see all the traffic and people in Kirkwall even though it was less > than two months since we left 'civilization. However, I remembered to keep > looking in my rearview mirror and we soon adjusted to looking both ways > before crossing the road and fastening our seatbelts every time we got into > the car. The main purposes of the trip were to visit the hairdresser/barber, > stock up with some seed potatoes, onion sets etc. and to bulk buy some > frozen food. We achieved all these objectives and still had time for a > leisurely lunch in the Kirkwall Hotel. An added bonus was spotting and > buying some fresh strawberries that had been grown on Papa Westray - much > tastier than the huge, forced strawberries that appear in some mainland > shops at this time of year. > There were several monks from Papa Stronsay on the ferry to Kirkwall. On the > return journey they were laden down with a variety of mysterious parcels > including an extremely long curtain rail that was particularly difficult to > control in the stiff breeze. I always thought that monks were quiet, > thoughtful, rather lugubrious people but the Transalpine Redemptorists from > Papa Stronsay seem perpetually happy and cheerful. > The chap who does various electrical and plumbing jobs that are beyond my > capabilities (i.e. most of them) keeps hens on his croft and has just > acquired five lambs, two to keep as pets and three for the freezer. Last > week he thought that the lambs had escaped because there was no sign of them > in their field. Just as he was about to commence a search of the area his > wife called his attention to five lambs that were squeezing themselves out > of the tiny henhouse entrance followed by one hen. Fortunately the lambs > will soon be too big to get into the henhouse so the hens will have the > place to themselves again. > We have just one wagtail who has visited us almost every day since we moved > in. For almost a week now we have been delighted to see that he/she has > brought a baby wagtail into the garden and has fed it while we watched > through the kitchen window. There are plenty of local birds - sparrows, > starlings and blackbirds - just as there were in Yorkshire but we hear > curlews, oystercatchers and lapwings calling all the time. The two greylag > geese near one of the two shops are now the proud parents of two goslings > and emit warning hissing noises if they think that anybody is too close to > their offspring. The sparrows and starlings are all very tame and appear to > have no great fear of humans. When either of us goes into the garden the > birds immediately take to the air but as we walk about they will land right > behind us and carry on as though nothing had happened. It is not uncommon > for Maureen to shake the washing line to make the birds fly off it so that > she can peg out some clothes. Maureen puts out food scraps for the birds > every day and they are soon gobbled up but some birds are very ungrateful > and leave multiple tiny, dirty claw prints or, worse, their 'calling cards' > on her clean washing. > -- > Bruce Fletcher > Stronsay, Orkney > http://uk.geocities.com/ricardian@btinternet.com/ > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >

Yes, Bruce, it was great to here how you are doing. But, clarify one thing for me, if you would, please. Did your letter refer to the "wife" of a Papa Stronsay monk? I always had the impression they didn't marry, but perhaps I just made an assumption without ever really know the facts. Karen

Thanks Bruce, Love to hear about life in Orkney. Isabella Bruce Fletcher wrote: >Our trip to Kirkwall last week was uneventful despite Maureen's belief that >the boat was doomed to plunge into the depths every time it rocked. The >outward and return journey took about 90 minutes each instead of the usual 2 >hours because the boat did not call at Eday or Sanday. It seemed strange at >first to see all the traffic and people in Kirkwall even though it was less >than two months since we left 'civilization. However, I remembered to keep >looking in my rearview mirror and we soon adjusted to looking both ways >before crossing the road and fastening our seatbelts every time we got into >the car. The main purposes of the trip were to visit the hairdresser/barber, >stock up with some seed potatoes, onion sets etc. and to bulk buy some >frozen food. We achieved all these objectives and still had time for a >leisurely lunch in the Kirkwall Hotel. An added bonus was spotting and >buying some fresh strawberries that had been grown on Papa Westray - much >tastier than the huge, forced strawberries that appear in some mainland >shops at this time of year. >There were several monks from Papa Stronsay on the ferry to Kirkwall. On the >return journey they were laden down with a variety of mysterious parcels >including an extremely long curtain rail that was particularly difficult to >control in the stiff breeze. I always thought that monks were quiet, >thoughtful, rather lugubrious people but the Transalpine Redemptorists from >Papa Stronsay seem perpetually happy and cheerful. >The chap who does various electrical and plumbing jobs that are beyond my >capabilities (i.e. most of them) keeps hens on his croft and has just >acquired five lambs, two to keep as pets and three for the freezer. Last >week he thought that the lambs had escaped because there was no sign of them >in their field. Just as he was about to commence a search of the area his >wife called his attention to five lambs that were squeezing themselves out >of the tiny henhouse entrance followed by one hen. Fortunately the lambs >will soon be too big to get into the henhouse so the hens will have the >place to themselves again. >We have just one wagtail who has visited us almost every day since we moved >in. For almost a week now we have been delighted to see that he/she has >brought a baby wagtail into the garden and has fed it while we watched >through the kitchen window. There are plenty of local birds - sparrows, >starlings and blackbirds - just as there were in Yorkshire but we hear >curlews, oystercatchers and lapwings calling all the time. The two greylag >geese near one of the two shops are now the proud parents of two goslings >and emit warning hissing noises if they think that anybody is too close to >their offspring. The sparrows and starlings are all very tame and appear to >have no great fear of humans. When either of us goes into the garden the >birds immediately take to the air but as we walk about they will land right >behind us and carry on as though nothing had happened. It is not uncommon >for Maureen to shake the washing line to make the birds fly off it so that >she can peg out some clothes. Maureen puts out food scraps for the birds >every day and they are soon gobbled up but some birds are very ungrateful >and leave multiple tiny, dirty claw prints or, worse, their 'calling cards' >on her clean washing. > >

Hello Orcadians All: For those of us who have not been to Orkney, but are longing to come participate in an archelogical dig and lap up the serenity of the place, Bruce your letter lends precise images. Ah! Wonderful! and many thanks! Judy Platz (U.S. Maine) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Fletcher To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 1:56 PM Subject: [<orcadia>] Fletcher Saga 27 May 2004 Our trip to Kirkwall last week was uneventful despite Maureen's belief that the boat was doomed to plunge into the depths every time it rocked. The outward and return journey took about 90 minutes each instead of the usual 2 hours because the boat did not call at Eday or Sanday. It seemed strange at first to see all the traffic and people in Kirkwall even though it was less than two months since we left 'civilization. However, I remembered to keep looking in my rearview mirror and we soon adjusted to looking both ways before crossing the road and fastening our seatbelts every time we got into the car. The main purposes of the trip were to visit the hairdresser/barber, stock up with some seed potatoes, onion sets etc. and to bulk buy some frozen food. We achieved all these objectives and still had time for a leisurely lunch in the Kirkwall Hotel. An added bonus was spotting and buying some fresh strawberries that had been grown on Papa Westray - much tastier than the huge, forced strawberries that appear in some mainland shops at this time of year. There were several monks from Papa Stronsay on the ferry to Kirkwall. On the return journey they were laden down with a variety of mysterious parcels including an extremely long curtain rail that was particularly difficult to control in the stiff breeze. I always thought that monks were quiet, thoughtful, rather lugubrious people but the Transalpine Redemptorists from Papa Stronsay seem perpetually happy and cheerful. The chap who does various electrical and plumbing jobs that are beyond my capabilities (i.e. most of them) keeps hens on his croft and has just acquired five lambs, two to keep as pets and three for the freezer. Last week he thought that the lambs had escaped because there was no sign of them in their field. Just as he was about to commence a search of the area his wife called his attention to five lambs that were squeezing themselves out of the tiny henhouse entrance followed by one hen. Fortunately the lambs will soon be too big to get into the henhouse so the hens will have the place to themselves again. We have just one wagtail who has visited us almost every day since we moved in. For almost a week now we have been delighted to see that he/she has brought a baby wagtail into the garden and has fed it while we watched through the kitchen window. There are plenty of local birds - sparrows, starlings and blackbirds - just as there were in Yorkshire but we hear curlews, oystercatchers and lapwings calling all the time. The two greylag geese near one of the two shops are now the proud parents of two goslings and emit warning hissing noises if they think that anybody is too close to their offspring. The sparrows and starlings are all very tame and appear to have no great fear of humans. When either of us goes into the garden the birds immediately take to the air but as we walk about they will land right behind us and carry on as though nothing had happened. It is not uncommon for Maureen to shake the washing line to make the birds fly off it so that she can peg out some clothes. Maureen puts out food scraps for the birds every day and they are soon gobbled up but some birds are very ungrateful and leave multiple tiny, dirty claw prints or, worse, their 'calling cards' on her clean washing. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney http://uk.geocities.com/ricardian@btinternet.com/ ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com