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Fishermen's sea taboo words.

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Date 01 August 1961
Track ID 95138
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.090

Original Tape ID

SA1961.090

Summary

Fishermen's sea taboo words.

Fishermen at sea would use bywords for animal names instead of the usual words. The contributor believes that the fisherman were using old Norn words.

Item Location

County - Shetland

Language

English, Scots, Norn

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good