Search Results: orkney folklore and sea legends by dennison walter traill

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1995. Paperback edition. A previous owner's name on half-title, Some minor scuffing to outer corners and spine ends of cover, slight creasing to spine, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. A collection of pieces on Orkney folklore originally written in the late nineteenth century, including traditional Wedding and Funeral customs, tales of the Spanish Armada in Orkney, Seal-Folk (seals who changed into human form), an old long ballad on the same topic "The Play of the Lathie Odivere", and more. Introduction by Howie Firth and a chapter on the life of the author by Tom Muir. 196pp, b&w drawings at chapter heads.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wilson, Bryce. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.