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    Scottish Tradition (21): Orkney - Land, Sea & Community

    by Compilation

    Anthology of fiddling, songs and stories of the Orkney Islands. The album, produced and annotated by Dr Nancy Cassell McEntire, comprises recordings from the archives of the School of Scottish Studies and is divided into three sections.  Tracks 1 - 11 are concerned with Orkney farm life and recall harvest celebrations, recipes, animal behaviour and related beliefs and customary practices.  Tracks 12 - 21 contain sea beliefs, songs and stories about selkies and a legend about an Orkney crofter who saved a man from drowning.  Finally, tracks 22 - 34 deal with community matters, such as love, marriage and family life.  There are also jokes and tall tales, as well as a legend about the social implications of prophetic powers.  Most of the recordings - of excellent quality - were made by the late Dr Alan Bruford and mostly date from the late 1960s. Orkney - Land, Sea & Community is a fascinating CD and there's a a forty page booklet with full transcriptions.


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    1. The Deerness Jig - Fiddle, Hugh Inkster
    2. The Orkney Muckle Supper - Narrative, Ethel Findlater
    3. The Maid o' Cowdean Knowes - Ballad, Ethel Findlater
    4. The Maid o' Cowdean Knowes - Ballad, Ethel Findlater
    5. Harvest Home Hornpipe - Tin Whistle, Peter Pratt
    6. Maggie Watson's Polka - Fiddle, Hugh Inkster
    7. Gripping the Cow - Legend, James Henderson
    8. Circling the Cow - Legend, James Henderson
    9. Three Waltzes - Orkney Strathspey & Reel Society
    10. Moon Beliefs - Legend, Lana Fotheringhame
    11. Peter Pratt's Polka - Tin Whistle, Peter Pratt
    12. Sea Beliefs - John G. Halcro
    13. The Grey Selkie - Ballad, John G. Halcro
    14. A Selkie Story - Folktale, James Henderson
    15. The Strynd / El Adem - Fiddle, Hugh Inkster
    16. The Stolen Dress - Legend, Willie Thompson
    17. The Dark-Eyed Sailor - Ballad, Sydney Scott
    18. New Years Day in da Morning - Fiddle, Hugh Inkster
    19. The Minister and the Tinker - Humorous Story, Willie Thompson
    20. The Greenland Whale Fishery - Ballad, John G. Halcro
    21. Orkney Medley - Fiddle, Hugh Inkster
    22. Mister Frog - Children's Song, Johina J. Leith
    23. Choosing a Bride - Folktale, Ethel Findlater
    24. Narrative about Dancing and Diddling - Ethel Findlater
    25. Wedding Customs - Narrative, Peter Pratt
    26. Inganess - Fiddle, Hugh Inkster
    27. Second Sight - Legend, John G. Halcro
    28. Tea Boiled Clean - Humorous Story, James Henderson
    29. Tall Stories - John G. Halcro and John Dass
    30. Joke & Tall Tale - Neil Leask32. Sleepy Laddie - Orkney Song, Ingrid Jolly
    31. Sleepy Laddie - Orkney Song, Ingrid Jolly
    32. The Ferry Louper - Fiddle, Hugh Inkster
    33. Scapa Flow - Fiddle, Hugh Inkster
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