Thanks for this Christina. I love the Orkneys and am so grateful for this
site. I love the folklore and the poetry, the standing stones and all the
history of the place, Thanks again, Sally J
>From: Christina Fletcher <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New sub: The Slikie (Arthur)
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 04:50:48 EST
>
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>There's a lovely old folk song I thought was from Orkney but when I googled
>to find it I found this:
>_http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/selkiefolk/sulesk2.htm_
>(http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/selkiefolk/sulesk2.htm)
>c
>
>I have suitably Googled this and find a silkie is a sea creature, often
>wearing seal skins and emerging as a man. But still the comments hold.
>Lovely
>work and publishable I would have thought. Arthur.
>
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