Scottish Studies, Volume 32School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1993 - National characteristics, Scottish |
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... Peat in Fetlar ' ( Fenton and Laurenson 1964 ) , which introduces the subject of this present article very usefully , in several ways . It says little of the peat - cutting or stacking , and nothing of the peat - boats and peat - houses ...
... Peat in Fetlar ' ( Fenton and Laurenson 1964 ) , which introduces the subject of this present article very usefully , in several ways . It says little of the peat - cutting or stacking , and nothing of the peat - boats and peat - houses ...
Page 60
... peats were boated from Whalsay to the Out Skerries ( and within Whalsay flitted by boat to Isbister across the Loch of Isbister ) . Some peat for Whalsay may also have been cut in Nesting on the Mainland . Peat for Papa Stour came from ...
... peats were boated from Whalsay to the Out Skerries ( and within Whalsay flitted by boat to Isbister across the Loch of Isbister ) . Some peat for Whalsay may also have been cut in Nesting on the Mainland . Peat for Papa Stour came from ...
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... peat from the hill ground to the north ( on the slopes of the Ward of Scousburgh ? ) down to the road on a horse - drawn sledge with a box - shaped body , something like a large fish - box by the sound of it , with two- inch broad ...
... peat from the hill ground to the north ( on the slopes of the Ward of Scousburgh ? ) down to the road on a horse - drawn sledge with a box - shaped body , something like a large fish - box by the sound of it , with two- inch broad ...
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Thomson Sheila Margaret Cregeen 19241993 1011 | 10 |
Donald A MacDonald Bleith Sailoiniga The Salonika Milling 3849 | 38 |
Alan Bruford Flitting Peats in North Yell 5069 | 50 |
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