The human-like qualities of seals; story of a seal-man wound...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1989.195
Original Tape ID
Summary
The human-like qualities of seals; story of a seal-man wounded by a fisherman and later returning his knife.
The seal people were also known as the Finn folk of Norway. Seals have human-like characteristics: they are attracted by music, the pups make sounds like human babies and the adults like men drowning, and they shed tears. A seal was stealing fish from a fisherman's line, so he struck it with a tullie [knife]. The knife stuck and he lost it. Years later, on a visit to Norway to buy a prefabricated boat, the fisherman encountered an old man who gave him back the knife, telling him he had crippled him with it.
Item Notes
Recorded at the Netherbow, Edinburgh.
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Shetland
Item Location (outside Scotland)
Norway
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good