On 20 March 2004 18:49, stephen davie wrote: > It is for this > reason that I > felt that somewhere in Orkney lie the bones of an old Viking, and > around his neck would be beads. Of course then, the nature of the > folks being what it was, that is to say practical, that perhaps the > dead Viking lost his beads when he checked out, bequeathed to a > relative, or > stolen by a murderer....who knows. Beads found in viking graves in Orkney (so far) are usually associated with female burials. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk