{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65a28c429ba8e30016dff20e/68e4f360aa65ff9b038b5636?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Man who Saved Orkney's Stories ~ Walter Traill Dennison","description":"<p><strong>If you're inspired to do so, you can buy us a dram on Ko-fi, with our hearty thanks: https://ko-fi.com/orkneyology</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tonight, we'll have a blether about these things and more:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>How Dennison first heard the stories from the old crofter folk of Orkney</strong></li><li><strong>How he recorded and published them</strong></li><li><strong>And - maddeningly - hints of many stories that got away</strong></li><li><strong>Assipattle the Viking</strong></li><li><strong>Who pulled the roof off Noltland Castle?</strong></li><li><strong>And who on earth would burn a boat burial?!</strong></li><li><strong>Making a cog for Time Team in Sanday</strong></li><li><strong>The story of the mester ship</strong></li><li><strong>The Mither o' the Sea - a goddess who rules Orkney's seas in the summertime</strong></li><li><strong>Find out what Valkyries weave with ... if you're not squeamish.</strong></li><li><strong>The story of Assipattle and the Stoorworm</strong></li><li><strong>The terrible Nucklavee, description by Dennison</strong></li><li><strong>What Dennison recorded about sea trows, the finmen and Eynhallow</strong></li><li><strong>How Tam Scott Lost his Sight</strong></li><li><strong>Beauty amidst poverty: the story of Arthur Deerness and the Mermaid</strong></li><li><strong>And of course, a selkie story</strong></li><li><strong>Other writings of Dennison, including the first written Orkney dialect</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaVeWNtOqgQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Link to Historic Environment Scotland's film about the Sanday shipwreck, featuring the voice of Orcadian Tom Muir MBE</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Tom Muir and Rhonda Muir"}