CONTENTS

Introduction

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Conversion Table

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Author Index

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Subject Index

15

Round-up County by County

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Portraits

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Obituaries

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INTRODUCTION
This index is intended to supplement the one that I compiled someyears ago for the Old-Lore Series, which consisted of the contents lists
for the 75 numbers strung together one after another. This present index
has a more thematic approach and covers the Old-Lore Miscellany only,
which was issued in 10 volumes between 1907 and 1946, forming the
major sub-series of the aforementioned Old-Lore Series.
The master index is the AUTHOR INDEX. Entries are arranged undereach author in order of publication and not in the more customaryalphabetical order. Original contributions are listed first, followed byedited or compiled pieces for which I have not been able to find analternative heading. Where edited works have been entered under theirown headings, cross-references are provided from the editor. A numberof articles were published anonymously and these are listed at the end
under the heading [Anon.]. It may be possible to guess at the authorshipof some of these, but I have not thought it right to commit myself. I have,
however, silently expanded initials where the authorship is probably notin dispute. Where I have not been able to allocate an identity to initials
I have entered the article under the final element, as is standard practicein library catalogues. Similarly, I have entered pseudonymous articles
under the pseudonyms—necessarily, as I do not know the writers'
identities! (In this context, incidentally, I have treated 'X.' as a pseudonymrather than as an anonym.)
The publication history of the Old-Lore Series is fairly nightmarish.
Not only did it comprise three separate sub-series, each with its own
volume and part numbers, but the Miscellany tended to publish material
in easily-digested gobbets rather than as a full meal—each 'gobbet'
sometimes being only one or two pages long. Citations, therefore, can bevery convoluted—one contribution was published in 12 parts; another in
11. For this reason, I have abbreviated references to a simple statementof volume number followed by pages. For those who wish to have a more
complete bibliographical reference, I have provided, before the author
index, a conversion table. This converts vol. + pages to part number, dateof publication and running number within the overall series (which isnecessary for ordering numbers from the Viking Society). Thus, the first
item in the author index, whose reference is 10:232, converts to v. 10, pt
5 (1943), being no 73 in the Old-Lore Series.

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Each item in the author index has an index number, which is printed
in bold at the end of the entry. These are used for reference purposes in
the SUBJECT INDEX, which is a simple alphabetical one, using specificrather than general terms as far as possible. I have avoided purely
geographical headings, except in one case, where the matter was too
broad to be easily summed up in a term that was not in itself so vague as
to be virtually useless. Nor have I made use of subdivisions except in a
few cases, where they seemed necessary. Most entries are simply notextensive enough for such frills. Some contributions were not in thenature of what might be termed 'learned articles' but were narratives in
the native dialect. I have concocted the subject heading 'Stories indialect' for these and also indexed them under their subjects. In this way,
those interested in dialects can pinpoint them easily. It is not my intention
to suggest that they are, in any way, less valid than more learned-seeming
contributions. Linking cross-references, in the index, will, I hope, send
users from one subject heading to another related one.
To compensate for the lack (largely) of geographical references in thisindex I have added (hastily) a round-up of material under each county,
using broader headings than those used in the main index, which may be
useful to those searching for topics on a more general plane, such as
history or literature. This is by way of being an experiment and I am notsure if it will work or not. I hope it does.
The work is completed by a PORTRAIT INDEX and an INDEX TO
OBITUARIES. I have nothing much to say about these, except that I haveadded dates to the names in the portrait index, where I could discoverthem, with one, obvious, exception. This is intended both as an aid in
identifying folk with the same name and to assist any user who may besearching for portraits from a particular era. I have not provided dates in
the index of obituaries as it is to be assumed that the subjects would becontemporaneous with the dates of their obituaries.
The Old-Lore Series was very much the brainchild of Alfred Johnston,
the Society's founder, and I would like to dedicate this index to theMiscellany, issued as it is in the Society's centenary year, to his memory.

ABBREVIATIONS

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CONVERSION TABLE
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Jul. 1909
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193-256

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Jul. 1910
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24
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1-64
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Apr. 1911
Jul. 1911
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Oct. 1912

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36
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161-208

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Apr. 1913
Jul. 1913
Oct. 1913

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Oct. 1914

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143-186
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2 Issued with Saga-Book XI 3

AUTHOR INDEX
Andersson, Otto, transcr.
'Scalloway lasses.' [Musical score] 10:232.
1
Barren, Evan M.
Robert the Brace in Orkney, Caithness and Sutherland. 2:90-94.
[Comments—4:14]
2
Beaton, D.
An interesting Caithness church record. [Canisby] 4:173-79.
3
The new Gaelic dictionary and the strenuous labours of the compilers.
5:24-28. [Comments—5:52,111]
4
Folk-lore notes from John O'Groats; being extracts from the kirksession records of Canisby. 5:59-63,129-34.
5
The Rev. John Morison, Minister of Canisby, Caithness, 1780-98.
5:166-74;6:50-61.
6
Early Christian monuments of Caithness. 6:75-85,119-29,195-201. 7
Genealogical bibliography of Caithness and Sutherland. 9:100-09. 8
Some eighteenth-century Latheron surnames, etc. 10:52-54.
9Bruce, R. Stuart
Some old-time Shetland wrecks. 1:35-42,123-28,176-78,217-20,28185,308-09; 2:31-33,101-04; 3:34-35,164-65; 5:20-24,73-78.
[Comments—1:87-89, 121-22]
10
Glimpses of Shetland life, 1778-1753. [From Thomas Gifford's letterbook] 5:156-59; 6:31-37,92-101,129-35; 8:84-87.
11
Jean Bart Thurot in Shetland. 9:110-18.
12Dutch whalers at Orkney and Shetland. 9:128-33.
13
see also 27, 37-38,100.
Buttrose, Mrs F. Murray
Stewart family record. 10:197-200.
14Charlton, Edward
A visit to Shetland in 1832. 3:159-61,212-16; 4:25-29,88-90,12729,187-92; 6:110,139^0,188-92; 7:16-27,123-31,151-54; 8:7984,122-28,186-99.
15

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Journal of an expedition to Shetland in June, July and August 1834.
Ed. by A. W. Johnston. 9:37-45,188-200,252-56; 10:1-7,55-71,12340,153-62,201-31.
16
Clark, W. Fordyce
A legend of St Ola's Kirk. 4:130-33.
17
Clouston, J. Storer
The odal families of Orkney. 1:27-32; 2:155-62,227-34. [Comments—
3:136,201-02]
18
A note on an odal family. [Cursetter] 1:135-36.
19
Townships and surnames. 2:34-37.
20
The Battle of Summerdale. 2:95-100
21
Orkney surnames. 5:28-33,63-67. [Comments—5:111-12,153-54;
6:9-10]22
Collingwood, W. G.
A legend of Shetland from Fljotsdaela saga. 1:72-77,96-105. 23
The ballad of Hildina. 1:211-16
24
D., L. D.
Ackergill Tower, Caithness. 4:41-44. [Comment—4:65-66]
25
Darraoaljod
Darradaljoo. Ed. and trans. by Eirikr Magmisson. 3:78-94.
26
De Balbian Verster, J. F.
The 'capture' of Shetland, 1667. With notes by R. Stuart Bruce.
8:178-S6.
27
Drever, James'Taboo' words among Shetland fishermen: a preliminary survey froman anthropological point of view. 10:235-40.
28
Eirikr Magnusson see 26, 46
Fairweather, W. C. and Meldau, R.
The Men of Noroway contra the Men of Orkney. 10:36-42.
29
Firth, John
Sheep ca'ing in Orkney. 1:307.
30
An Orkney township before the division of the commonly. [Redlandin Firth] 3:152-58,203-07; 4:20-24,77-82,143-45,179-83; 5:34-38,11316,159-63; 6:21-30,85-92,146-60,174-87; 7:30-39,115-22,154-60. 31

Author Index

1

Flett, Magnus
A link with other days; or, The prophet and the wee folk. [On Davie
O'Teeveth] 5:116-19
32
Flora, George T.
The transition from Norse to Lowland Scotch in Shetland, 1600-1850.
9:81-100.
33
Fowler, William
Two Jacobean sonnets written in Orkney. With notes by A. Francis
Steuart. 1:25-26.
34
Fynes-Clinton, William
Bauta-steinn Magniiss helga Eyja-Jarls. Cenotaph to S. Magnus, Earlof Orkney. 10:148-52.
35
Gifford, Thomas, Laird of Busta
Scattald marches of Unst in 1771. With notes by A. W. Johnston.
3:100-02,162-63,217-19; 4:33-36,91-93,192-93; 5:125-29.
36

Memorial anent a trial of herring fishing upon the coast of Zetland.
With notes by R. Stuart Bruce. 6:193-95.
37
A further memorial anent the rents of Zetland, the property of the Rt
Hon. the Earl of Morion. With notes by R. Stuart Bruce. 7:177-82! 38
Goudie, Gilbert
Baron Rosencrantz and the Shetland Mowats. 2:152-53.
39
Old charters and papers. 3:42-43.
40
Gifford's historical description of the Zetland Islands: its history andmisfortunes. 4:30-32.
41
Shetland folk-lore—further tales. 5:16-20.
42
see also 80,141
Gray, JamesThe Scandinavian place-names of Sutherland. 2:213-26.
43
More Scandinavian place-names of Sutherland. 3:14-21.
44[Addenda to both the above—3:69-70,131; 4:7-8,70,168-69; 5:54; 6:6668. For comments, see no 71.]
The Caithness and Sutherland topography of 'William the Wanderer'.
9:33-36.
45

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Grdttasongr
Gr6ttasQngr: the song of the quern Grotte. Ed. and trans. by Eirikr
Magniisson. 3:139-50,237-53. [Comments—3:194-95]
46
Gunn, Adam
A review of Sutherland place-names. 3:182-87.
47
Topographical notes on Sutherland. 4:140-42.
48
Historicus
Some references to witchcraft and charming from Caithness church
records. 2:110-15,171-72; 3:47-48. [Comments—2:193]
49
The Rev. Alexander Pope, Reay, Caithness. 3:111-15,166-69,22023; 4:37-40,94-98.
50
Houston, David'E silkie man: a story of the Pentland Firth. 2:163-67,210-12; 3:4446.
51
Joass, James
Dunrobin. 2:199-201. [Comments—3:73-74; 4:15]
52
Johnston, A.W.
The Romans in Orkney and Shetland. 1:275-80.
53
Robertson of Newbigging, Orkney. 2:41-45. [Comments—4:13] 54
Commissariot records of Orkney: register of inventories. 2:51-55,17375, 245-49. [Comments—4:15]
55
Sands of Swanbister, Orphir, Orkney. 3:95-97.
56
Fetlar folk in 1716. 3:103-06.
57
Bishops of Orkney during the Papal Schism, 1387-1429. 3:151. 58
Four Shetland airs. 5:79-81. [Comments—^:2-4; 9:122-23]
59
The sword-dance, Papa Stour, Shetland. 5:175-85.
60
Orkney and Shetland folk, 872-1350. 7:84-96,131-43,183-92.
[Comments—8:17-21,79]
61
Rental of Brabster, Caithness, 169.7. 8:4-12,73-77,199-207; 9:4652.
6265al law in Orkney and Shetland. 8:47-59. [Comments—8:7879]
63
Joshua Johnston. 8:130.
64

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9

Notes on the fiscal antiquities of Orkney and Shetland. 9:53-72,13339,234-52.
65
Derivation of some Orkney plant-names. 10:163-73.
66
Rentals of the crown lands and revenues of the Lordship of Shetland,c.1507-1513—c.1832. 10:262-86.
67(comp.) Caithness documents from the Protocol Book of David Heart.
10:16-17.
68
see also 16, 36
Jon Stefansson
Biarne Kolbeinsson, the skald, Bishop of Orkney, 1188-1223.1:4347.
69
The authorship of Orkneyinga saga (Jarla sOgur). 1:65-71.
[Comments—2:24-25; 3:137]
70
Scandinavian place-names in Sutherland. 3:234-36. [Comments on
nos 43^44]
71
Leask, J. T. Smith
Dividing sea-weed 100 years ago. 1:33-34. [Comments—5:4-5] 72
An Orcadian battle, a hundred years ago. [Between the Stenness men
and the Ireland men] 1:61-64
73
Shipping peat from Orkney. 1:129-34. [Comments—1:245]
74
Bulliers. 1:221-24.
75
Orkney dialect. 1:317-28.
76
Tammy Hay and the fairies. 3:28-33.
77
How the Halcros acquired Cletyan in Stenness, Orkney. 8:38-46. 78
How Willo o'lver Tuack became a horseman. 9:75-81.
79
Low, George
Tour through the North Isles of Orkney and parts of the Mainland of
Orkney in the year 1778. Ed. by Gilbert Goudie. 8:131-54.
80
Macdonald, Murdoch
A journey from Sutherland and Caithness to Edinburgh in 1737. Ed.
by John Mowat. 10:43-52.
81
Mackay, Angus
Ferchard, physician to King Robert II. 3:177-81. [Comment—
3:199]
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Notes from the Tongue Presbytery records. [With additional material
by Donald Munro] 7:39^8,62-69,104-15,160-77; 8:31-38,94-97.
[Comments—8:65-67]
83
Mackinnon, JamesThe legend of Dil Mac Righ Lochlann, Lochpooltiel, Skye.
10:33-35.
84
Magnusson, Eirikr see EirOcr Magnusson
Major, Albany F.
Rune-stones in the Brodgar Circle, Stenness. 2:46-50.
85
Marwick, Ernest W.
Reports of test excavations at Langskaill, St Andrews, Orkney. 10:25961.
86
Marwick, HughNotes on weather words in the Orkney dialect. 9:23-33.
87
Meldau, R. see 29
Mooney, John
Octocentenary of S. Magnus Cathedral. 10:79-122.
88
Mowat, John
A list of books and pamphlets relating to the North of Scotland, withspecial reference to Caithness and Sutherland. 2:238-42; 3:49-54,17076,224-25; 4:45-47,99-101,151-52,201-05; 5:38-43,82-39,134-36. 89
The murder of Bailie Calder, Thurso. 4:134-39.
90
Barrogill Castle, Caithness. 7:27-29.
91
Some old Caithness customs and superstitions. 9:14-23.
92
The place-names of Canisbay, Caithness. 9:151-88.
93
Candlemas: some traditions and incidents of a Caithness fair. [Freswick]
9:225-30.
94
A Caithness shop in 1806. [Murdoch Campbell, Freswick] 9:230-33. 95
Buchollie Castle, Caithness. 10:143-47.
96
An Orkney medico of the 17th century: Mathew Mackaile, apothecaryand chyrurgeon. 10:245-51.
97
Caithness folk-tales and historical incidents. 10:252-58.
98(comp.) Some Groat records. 10:9-16.
99
Munro, Donald see 83

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Neven, Gilbert
The scattald marches of Yell, Shetland, 1667. Ed. by R. Stuart Bruce.
9:140-48.
100
Nicol, John

Pictish tower at Salzcraggie, Helmsdale. 3:107-10.
Pictish tower at Kintradwell, Parish of Loth. 3:230-33.

101
102

Nicolson, John

Some old-time Shetland customs. 5:122-25.
Pottinger, J.A.
The selkie wife. 1:173-75.
Ratter, William R., transcr. & ed.
A boat song from UnsL 10:241^4.

103
104
105

Robertson, D. J.
Orkney folk-lore notes. 2:105-09.
106
S., D.
Greenie Hill and the good neighbours. 3:208-11. [Comments—
4:73-74]
107
S:t Clair, Ronald
Notes on some Orcadian families. 1:305-06.
108

Mowats of Houland, Shetland. 2:85-86.
109
Orcadiana. [Abstracts of Orkney and Shetland deeds] 2:176-80,24345. [Erratum^: 15]110
Sinclairs of Lybster, Caithness. 3:226-29.
Ill
The Bishopric of Orkney: references to lands in Caithness. 4:17-19. 112
Sinclairs of Brabsterdorran, Caithness. 4:194-200.
113
Saxby, Jessie M. E.
Shetland phrase and idiom. 1:225-32,267-74,312-16. [Comments—
2:25-26]
114
Shetland names for animals, etc. 2:168-70,235-37.
115
Food of the Shetlanders langsyne. 7:70-77.
116
Foys and fanteens (Shetland feasts and fasts). 8:22-31. [Comment—
9:219-20]
117
Shand, J.
Foreign coins in Shetland. 6:37-40.
118

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Click Mill at Buttermere. 10:7-9.
119
Smith, John
Magnus Matches. 1:259-61.
120
Smith, William
The Knights of Stove in Kirkness, Sandwick, Orkney. 5:120-21. 121
Mansie O'Kierfa and his fairy wife. 6:19-21.
122
S0Iver, Carl V.
Leioarsteinn: the compass of the vikings. 10:293-321.
123
Spence, John
The days of the old Shetland sixern. 3:36-41.
124
A peep into an Orkney township in the olden times. ['Hillside o'
Birsay'] 4:183-87; 5:67-72.
125
The Kirk o Kirkgoe and the Picky Dykes of Birsa, Orkney. 8:87-94. 126
Spence, Magnus
Orkney bonfires. 1:179-86. [Comments—1:243-45,295]
127
The past in the present: North Ronaldsey sheep. 3:22-27.
128
Rare Orkney birds. 8:175-78.
129
Stefansson, J6n see J6n Stefdnsson
Steuart, A. Francis
The Stewarts of Eday and Newark. 2:87-S9.
130
The garrison of the forts in Zetland. 2:208-09.
131
Gilbert Balfour of Westray. 4:146-50.
132Charles Steuart. 8:128-29.
133
see also 34,134-35
Steuart, Charles
Orkney news from the letter-bag of Mr Charles Steuart. Ed. by A.
Francis Steuart. 6:41-49,101-09.
134
Steuart, JamesThe education of Miss Peggy Young of Castleyards. [In letters toAndrew Young of Castleyards] With notes by A. Francis Steuart. 6:14146.
135
Stewart, R. A. Clapperton
The Stewarts of Massater, Orkney. 6:202-08.
136

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Stout, George W.
Some lost and vanishing birds of Fair Isle. 6:135-38.
137
Hoolaby Yorl and da gOidfiks: some reminiscences of Fair Isle in the
dialect. 8:60-64. [Comment—8:78]
138
Taylor, George Sutherland
Rob Doun. 4:48-52,83-87.
139
Teit, J. A.
Notes on the Introduction to Orkney and Shetland Records, vol. 1.
7:78-83. [Comments—7:99-100]
140
see also 61
Thomson, Sinclair
An adventure with the press gang in Shetland in 1805. [As told toGilbert Goudie] 1:170-72.
141
Traill, H. L. Norton
The family of Groat. 9:148-51.
142
Viking Society
Viking Club: first annual report of the Law-Thing, April 13th, 1893.
[Reprint] 10:187-94.
143
Executive officers, 1892-1943. 10:195-96.
144
Work, Andrew L.
The fall of Adam: an Orkney story. 2:29-30. [Comments—2:81-82] 145
X.
The Rev. Alexander Pitcairn and the Skipsies. 3:98-99.
146
Young, Andrew see 135[Anon.]
Moodies of Melsetter. 1:258,310-11.
147
Account of the New Year Song, as sung in Sanday. 1:262-66. 148
Braces of Sumburgh, Shetland. 2:38-39.
149
Irwin, Chalderness, Tingwall. 2:40.
150
The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland. [Lady Elizabeth Sutherland,
1765-1839] 2:84-85.
151
Major-General Arthur St. Clair. 2:86-87.
152
Elphinstones of Lopness, Orkney. 2:153-54.
153

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William Steuart. 2:202-03.
154
Leask of Aglath, Orkney. 2:203-07.
155
James King, Lord Eythin. 5:164-66.
156
The medieval church in Caithness and Sutherland (1136-1445) 8:98112,154-60,167-75.
157
Orkney sasines. 10:233-34.
158

SUBJECT INDEXARCHIVES 4055
see also DEEDS; 'ORKNEY AND SHETLAND RECORDS';RENTALS; SASINES; SKATTBALFOUR, Gilbert 132
BALLAD OF HILDINA 24
BATTLE OF SUMMERDALE 21
BIBLIOGRAPHIES 889
BIRDS 129137
BJARNIKOLBEINSSON 69
BONFIRES 127
BROCKS 101-02
BRUGES OF SUMBURGH 149
BULLIERS 75
CALDER, Laurence 90
CASTLES 25 52 91 96
CENOTAPH TO ST MAGNUS 35
CHURCH HISTORY
Orkney 586988112
Caithness 3 6 50 157
Sutherland 83 157
COINS 118CURSETTER, family 19
DARRADALJOD 26
DAVIE O'TEEVETH 32
DEEDS 110DESCRIPTION OF SHETLAND (1733) 41
DIALECTS
Orkney 7687
Shetland 33114
see also NAMES; STORIES IN DIALECTDIARIES see JOURNALS

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DIET 116
OIL MAC RICH LOCHLANN 84
EDUCATION 135
ELPHINSTONESOFLOPNESS 153
ETHNOLOGY 61
EXCAVATIONS AT LANGSKAILL, St Andrews, Orkney 86
FAIRS 94
FAMILY HISTORY 18 108
see also GENEALOGY and under the following families: Bruces of
Sumburgh; Cursetter; Moodies of Melsetter; Rosencrantz; Stewart;
Stewarts of Massater.
FERCHARD, physician to King Robert II 82
FESTIVALS 117
FISHING AND FISHERMEN 13 28 37 124
FLJOTSD^ELA SAGA 23
FOLK-LORE
Orkney 32 106-07 121-22
Shetland 42 103
Caithness 59298
see also LEGENDS; STORIES IN DIALECTFORTS 131
FOWLER, William 34
GAELIC DICTIONARY 4
GENEALOGY 8
for genealogies of individual families, see under: Elphinstones ofLopness; Groat; Irwins of Chalderness; Johnston, Joshua; King, James;
Leasks of Aglath; Mowats of Houland; Sands of Swanbister; Sinclairsof Brabsterdorran; Sinclairs of Lybster; Stewarts of Eday and Newark.
GHENT, William Joseph van, Baron 27
GIFFORD, Thomas, Laird of Busta 41
GROAT, family 68 99 142
GROTTASQNGR 46
HALCRO, William and Margaret 78
HEART, David 68

Subject Index
HILDINA, Ballad of 24
IRWINSOFCHALDERNESS 150
JOHNSTON, Joshua 64
JOURNALS
Edward Charlton 15-16
George Low 80
Murdoch Macdonald 81
KING, James, Lord Eythin 156
LANGSKAILL EXCAVATIONS 86LEASKS OF AGLATH 155
LEGENDS 172384
see also FOLK-LORE; STORIES IN DIALECTLETTERSThomas Gifford 11
Charles Steuart 134
MACKAILE, Mathew 97
MACKAY, George, 'Rob Doun' see ROB DOUN
MANSIE O'KIERFA 122
MARKETS see BULLIERS
MATCHES, Magnus 120
MILLS 119MONUMENTS 735
MOODIES OF MELSETTER 147
MORISON.fov.John 6
MOWATS OFHOULAND 39 109
MURDER 90
MURDOCH CAMPBELL, Stores, Freswick 95
MUSIC 159
see also SONGS; SWORD-DANCESNAMES 66115
Personal: Orkney 20 22; Caithness 9
Place: Caithness 93; Sutherland 43^4 47^8 71
NAVAL EXPEDITIONS 27
NAVIGATION 123

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NORN see DIALECTSODALLAW 63'ORKNEY AND SHETLAND RECORDS' 140
ORKNEYINGA SAGA 70
PEAT 74
PICTS 126
see also BROCKSPIRACY 29
PITCAIRN,/tev. Alexander 146
POPE, Rev. Alexander 50
PRESS GANG 73 141
PRIVATEERS 12
REDLAND, Firth, Orkney 31
RENTALS 576267
RENTS 38
ROB DOUN (Robert Mackay) 139
ROBERT THE BRUCE 2
ROBERTSONSOFNEWBIGGING 54
ROMANS 53
ROSENCRANTZ, family 39
RUNES 85
ST CLAIR, Arthur 152
ST MAGNUS 35
ST MAGNUS CATHEDRAL 88
SANDS OF SWANBISTER 56
SASINES 158
SEA-WEED 72
SHEEP 30 128
SHOPS 95
SINCLAIRSOFBRABSTERDORRAN 113
SINCLAIRSOFLYBSTER 111
SKATT 36 57 65 100

Subject Index
SONGS 105148
STEUART, Charles 133
STEUART, William 154
STEWART, family 14
STEWARTS OF EDAY AND NEWARK 130
STEWARTS OF MASSATER 136
STORIES IN DIALECT
Orkney 73 75 77-79 125 145
Shetland 138
Caithness 51
SUMMERDALE, Battle of 21
SUTHERLAND, Lady Elizabeth 151
SWORD-DANCES 60
TABOO WORDS 28
THEFT 146
THUROT, Jean Bart 12
TOPOGRAPHY 4548
TRADEMARKS 29
VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH 143-^4
WEATHER WORDS 87
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 65
WHALERS 13'WILLIAM THE WANDERER' 45
WITCHCRAFT 49
WRECKS 10
YOUNG, Peggy 135

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ROUND-UP COUNTY BY COUNTY
OrkneyAgriculture 30 57 72 74 78 128
Archaeology 85-86 126
Archives 40 55 110 140 158
Biography 64 120 132-33 154 156
Birds 129
Church history 58 69 88 112
Crime 146
Description & travel 31 80 125
Economics 65

Education 135
Ethnology 61
Families 18-19 54 56 108 130 142 147 150 153 155-56
Fishing & fishermen 13
Folk studies 32 77 79 104 106-07 121-22 127 145 148
History 2 21 53 73 132
Language 66 76 85 87
Law 29 63
Literature 34 69-70
Medicine 97
Music 148
Personal names 20 22
Trade 29 75
ShetlandAgriculture 36 38 67 100 116 119
Archives 40 110 140
Biography 39
Birds 137
Currency 118
Description & travel 15-16 41
Diet 116
Economics 65
Ethnology 61
Families 39 109 149

Round up County by County

Fishing & fishermen 13 28 37 124
Folk studies 17 23 42 103 117 138
History 11-12 27 53 131 141
Language 33 114-16
Law 63
Music 1 59-60 105
Ships 10 124
Caithness
Bibliography 89
Agriculture 62 68 99 112
Archaeology 7
Architecture 25 91 96
Archives 3 40 99
Biography 152
Church history 3 6 50 157
Crime 90
Description & travel 45 81
Families 8 14 111 113
Folk studies 5 51 92 94 98
History 2 25 91 % 98
Personal names 9
Place-names 93
Sutherland
Bibliography 89
Archaeology 101-02
Architecture 52
Church history 157
Description & travel 45 48 81
Families 8 151
History 2
Literature 139
Medicine 82
Place-names 43^44 47^8 71

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PORTRAITS(References are to facing pages, except where 'front.' is specified.)

BILDT, Karen Knudsdaughter (d. 1663) 2:85
BRUCE, John, of Sumburgh (1798-1885) 2:39
BRUCE, John, of Sumburgh (1837-1907) 2:39
BRUCE, Ursilla Katherine (1770-1808) 2:38
CLOUSTON, Robert Stewart (d. 1911) 4:153
CRAWFORD, Christian, see MOODIEELPHINSTONE, Anna Charlotte Maria, see HARTWELL
ELPHINSTONE, Francois (1600-33) 2:153
ELPHINSTONE, John (1722-85) 2:154
FIRTH, John (1838-1922) 7:116
GOWER,Lad>>(d. 1869) 8:113
GUNN, Robert Marcus (1850-1909) 4:102
HARTWELL, Lady Anna Charlotta Maria (d. 1809) 2:154
HEDDLE, Henrietta (c.1794-1833) 1:310
HIDDLESTON, Isabella (1811-89) 3:95
JOHNSTON, James, of Coubister (1798-1887) 8:130
JOHNSTON, John, of Coubister (1760-1821) 8:130
JOHNSTON, Joshua (1720-94) 8:130
KING, James, Lord Eythin (1589-1652) 5:164
MACALLAME, Aana (b. 1615) 9:74
MARY, Queen of Scots. 5:145
MOODIE, Capt. Benjamin, 8th Laird ofMelsetter (1723-69) 1:311
MOODIE, Capt. Benjamin, 10th Laird ofMelsetter (1789/90) 1:311
MOODIE, Christian. 1:258
MOODIE, Henrietta, see HEDDLE
MOODIE, Capt. James, 7th Laird ofMelsetter (c. 1645-1725) 1:258
MOODIE, Major James, 9th Laird ofMelsetter (1757-1820) 1:310
MORISON, Rev. John (1746-98) S: 166
MOWAT, Admiral Axel, of Houland (1593-1661) 2:85

Portraits

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ROBERTSON, Lt James (1780-1860) 2:39
ST CLAIR, Maj.-Gen. Arthur (1736-1818) 2:86
SANDS, Isabella, see HIDDLESTONSANDS, Margaret (1778-1851) 3:95
SANDS, Thomas, of Swanbister (1778-1850) 3:95
SINCLAIR, Lady Isabella. 6: front
SINCLAIR, Lady Janet, see TRAILLSTEUART, William (1686-1768) 2:202
STEWART, Robert, of Massater (1728-99) 6:205
SUTHERLAND, Lady Elizabeth (1765-1839) 2:84
SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, George Granville William,
Marquis of Stafford (1828-92), aft. 3rd Duke of Sutherland 8:113
TRAILL, James, of Hobbister and Ratter (1759-1843) 5:front.
TRAILL, Lady Janet (d. 1806) 4:161
TURNBULL-STEWART, Grace Margaret, of Massater (1822-1907)
6:207
WATT, Margaret, see SANDSOBITUARIESANDERSON, Rev. John. 4:155-56
ANDERSON, John Gerard. 5:138-39
ANDERSON, MrsMathew. 1:137
BALFOUR, Col. J. W. 1:137
BEEBY.W.H. 3:188-89
BLIND, Karl. 1:106
BOLT, Hon. W. M. 1:137
BRAND, James. 1:137
BRUCE, John, of Sumburgh. 1:137-38
CASKEY,/tev. William. 2:181
CHEYNE, Sir John. 1:78-79
CLOUSTON, Robert Stewart. 4:153-55
CLUNIES ROSS, George, of the Cocoa-Keeling Islands. 4:55-57
COPLAND, Sir William Robertson. 1:138-39
DANSON, Very Rev. James Myers. 3:118-19
DOWDEN, Rt Rev. John, Bishop of Edinburgh. 4:53-55
DUNBAR, Sir Archibald Hamilton. 4:55
DUNDAS,//o«.Afry. 1:233
ELPHINSTONE, Lt Col. Sir Nicholas. 1:106-07
FINLAYSON, Henry. 3:119
FLETT.John. 5:91
FORTESCUE, A. Irvine. 1:107
FORTESCUE, Anne Irvine, of Kingcausie and Swanbister. 2:250
FRASER, Peter Peterson. 1:288
FR0LICH, Laurens. 2:56
GARRICK.R.J. 5:137
GEDDES, Alexander. 2:181
GIFFORD, Francis G. 1:329
GILBERTSON, R. P. 1:79
GOLD, Andrew. 1:107

Obituaries
GRAHAM, Thomas. 1:79
GUNN, Robert Marcus. 4:102-05
HARRISON, Arthur H. 1:107
HAY, Col. Charles. 5:138
HAY, Ursilla Katherine, of Hayfield. 3:188
HENDERSON, William, of Petister. 1:288
HONYMAN./tev. Sir William Macdonald. 5:137-38
HUGHSON, Andrew. 1:329
INKSTER, James T. A. 1:107-08
IRVINE, Jane Tyrie. 3:117-18
IRVINE.John. 3:55-56
IRVINE, Katherine. 1:286
ISBISTER, Robert H. 1:108
LEASK, Thomas. 5:89
LENNIE, Charles. 2:250
LOGIN, Rear-Admiral Spencer Henry Metcalfe. 2:116
LOUTTIT, James. 2:117
LOUTTIT, John. 2:116-17
M'HARDY./tev. James. 3:190
MacKAY, Angus, Rev. 5:89-90
MANSON, James C. 1:79
MARWICK, Sir James David. 1:286-88
MILLER, flev. J. Stewart. 3:190
MITCHELL, Sir Arthur. 3:116-17
MUIR, Robert, of Scapa. 1:139
MURE, Sir Andrew. 3:116
OLLASON, Thomas Peterson. 1:288
ROBERTSON, A. J. 1:108
ROSEY.JohnB. 1:79
SINCLAIR, Margaret Crichton. 2:118
SINCLAIR, Hon. Mrs Pelham, of Murkle and Stevenson. 4:57-58
SMITH, Robert. 1:187

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SPENCE, Catherine Stafford. 1:48
SPENCE, Philothea Fea. 1:187
SPENCE, Robert. 3:120-21
STOVE, James. 1:234-35
SUTHERLAND-GRAEME, Alexander Malcolm, of Graemeshall. 1:233-34
SUTHERLAND-GRAEME, Margaret Isabel, of Graemeshall. 2:250
TRAILL, Thomas William. 3:254-55
TRAILL-BURROUGHS, Lady Eliza D'Oyly. 1:233
TULLOCH, Jane Innes. 5:90-91
TURNBULL-STEWART, Grace Margaret Sands. 1:235-56
WATSON, John. 2:117
WATT, William George Thomas, of Breckness. 2:181-83
WILLIAMSON, Arthur Laurence. 3:119
WINSTONE, Benjamin. 1:108