Thank you to Jim and Bob. I've been told of one of these books before and will look it up. Thanks, Fiona in York UK >From: CorseJG@aol.com >Reply-To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com >To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Scottish 'tinklers' or gypsies? >Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 03:25:06 EDT > >Fiona, >A good insight into the life of Tinkers can be found in two books by Betsy >Whyte. > >The first is "The Yellow on the Broom" Warner Books ISBN 0 7515 0738 5 > >The second is "Red Rowans and Wild Honey" Birlin ISBN 1 84158 0708 > >Both are day to day accounts of her life growing up with the "Travelling >Folk" in the Thirties and Forties. > >Hope this helps, > >Jim C. > > >==== 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 > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo

This line brought up Burns and poetry, and made me think of what exists perhaps of Orcadian poetry which might be older and date back to before the Scottish were given domain over our islands. I thought it would be nice to know if in fact poets of yesteryear Viking Orkney existed, and if there were such works, if they were ever translated into a form of language that we "speakers of the english" might understand. Once the gears are switched and Orkney sort of becomes "Scottish", then my original compilation of the works of Burns contains enough food for me without any other side dishes of a lesser chef. I would love to have met him. I ran into a stone wall merely enquiring as to what my relatives in Orkney would have worn on their bodies in the way of clothing say a thousand years ago, considering the weather in the winter especially, and the dampness. When they got over here with the Hudson's Bay Company, the journals are quite informative, and sketches and descriptive passages and a list of items sold to the men from the company, gave a clear picture. I have never seen a sketch of a yesteryear Orcadian Viking. But knowing that we we not kilted till after more of the Scots arrived, I guess one would have to deduce that the clothing issue would be best answered from Norway. And as to the poetry, the Sagas and other documents written of those times may have a clue buried deep. St. Magnus struck me as the type who might have made up a verse or two. Interesting Stuff. Interesting and sometimes frustrating. Stephen On Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 05:19 AM, Fiona Pearson wrote: > Thank you to Jim and Bob. I've been told of one of these books before > and will look it up. > Thanks, > Fiona in York UK > > >> From: CorseJG@aol.com >> Reply-To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com >> To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Scottish 'tinklers' or gypsies? >> Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 03:25:06 EDT >> >> Fiona, >> A good insight into the life of Tinkers can be found in two books by >> Betsy >> Whyte. >> >> The first is "The Yellow on the Broom" Warner Books ISBN 0 7515 0738 >> 5 >> >> The second is "Red Rowans and Wild Honey" Birlin ISBN 1 84158 0708 >> >> Both are day to day accounts of her life growing up with the >> "Travelling >> Folk" in the Thirties and Forties. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Jim C. >> >> >> ==== 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 >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself with cool new emoticons > http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo > > > ==== 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 >