All If "muckle" means big, then what does "flugga" mean, as in Muckle Flugga, the northernmost point in the UK? On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Royce Perry wrote: > In some Scottish dialects "muckle" would mean big. > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:orcadia- > [email protected]] On > Behalf Of Evelyn Hlabse > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Highland Cattle > > I can remember my mother referring to them that way too. > > > > On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Isabella Moreland wrote: > > My Dad referred to one of them as a " Mukkle coo !! " > Isabella > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay)" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:41 am > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Highland Cattle > To: [email protected] > >> stephen davie wrote: >>> One of the favorite beasts here is the Highland Cattle breed. >> Poor as >>> they are on the test stations for daily rate of gain on >> controlled >>> programs, they have become hereabouts "estate cattle", >> with slow >>> growth and several unique qualities but with incredible >> personable >>> traits. They are frugal keepers, existing on the toughest of >> pasture >>> and in the worst of weather with little or no shelter. They >> have a >>> great fury hide to tan like a buffalo, and great whacking >> horns to >>> intimidate city folk intruders.Ttheir back fat content >> measures less >>> than skinned boned chicken breast. They inspire a dignified >> air to >>> any country place, like a cupola and a wind vane on a barn roof. >>> >>> I understand the blunt economics of the cattle biz, but indeed >> why >>> are there not more highlands in Orkney? Were they not the >> original >>> beasts up there? >> >> From what I remember from our time in the Scottish >> Highlands (Brora, >> Sutherland - 30 years ago) Highland cattle both graze and browse >> as well >> as eating plants that other cattle avoid. I don't know about the >> rest of >> Orkney but the monks on Papa Stronsay used to have a few >> Highland cows. >> The original inhabitants of Skara Brae ate cattle that might >> have been >> of the highland type - see <http://www.cruachan.com.au/history.htm> >> -- >> 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 >> > > Isabella > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Evelyn S. Hlabse > Richmond Heights, Ohio > http://homepage.mac.com/evelynhlabse/Home/home.html > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > _______________________________________ > 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

{> on 9/18/07 7:37 PM <} Tuck wrote -- All 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? - Lisa

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?"

Tuck wrote: > All > > If "muckle" means big, then what does "flugga" mean, as in Muckle > Flugga, the northernmost point in the UK? In "The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names", Mike Darton has the following: "*Muckle Flugga* [Shetland] 'Large (mikill, ON) cliffs (flugga, ON)" ON, of course, means Old Norse. Norman Tulloch