All, Yes, a snicket is a narrow passageway between buildings, wide enough to walk through but too narrow for cars. I first heard the word when I lived in Carlisle in 1964/65, but have heard it a lot since. As for clapshot, it reminds me that not long ago I did a cooking show on local Northern Indiana television. The show is called "Dinner and a Book" and features a book which mentions or suggests food. In this particular show I used "Beside the Ocean of Time" by George Mackay Brown. We did four courses in 20 minutes of cooking time, and began with scallops sauteed in fresh butter with garlic and parsley. We cannot get scallops anywhere near as luscious as Orkney Seafare, but we did our best. Then came lamb shops with red currant jelly, and clapshot. We topped it off with a tinned pear, ice cream, whiskey sauce, and chocolate sauce. The tag end of the show was held at a local Irish pub called Fiddler's Hearth, where the host and I sat before a fire and compared Highland Park and Scapa. Naturally, the show concentrated on Orkney and on the works of George. It was a delight to bring a little knowledge of those magic islands to folks who generally have never heard of them. Tuck On Sep 19, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay) wrote: > Lisa Conrad wrote: >> Tuck wrote >>> If "muckle" means big, then what does "flugga" mean, as in Muckle >>> Flugga, the northernmost point in the UK? > >> I looked in a book I have, "IT's a Long Way to Muckle Flugga - >> Journeys in >> Northern Scotland" [by W.R. Mitchell], to see if "flugga" was >> defined .... >> no luck there. I'm not sure what it means. >> >> I have a cousin who was the keeper at the lighthouse there (during >> the time >> when keepers were still needed) ... I could try emailing him to >> ask him, >> Tuck, if you are still wondering? > > > The name comes from Old Norse, Mikla Flugey, meaning "large steep- > sided > island". The original name was "North Unst", but in 1964 that was > changed to "Muckle Flugga". > According to local folklore, Muckle Flugga and nearby Out Stack were > formed when two giants, Herma and Saxa, fell in love with the same > mermaid. They fought over her by throwing large rocks at each > other, one > of which became Muckle Flugga. To get rid of them, the mermaid offered > to marry whichever one would follow her to the North Pole. They both > followed her and drowned, as neither one could swim. > -- > Bruce Fletcher > Stronsay, Orkney > <www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont> > "Do you get virgin wool from ugly sheep?" > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message