[2] Kalsoe is about ten miles long by about one mile and a half in
width.
[3] Sysselman Müller of Thorshavn, Faroe, possesses one of these
stones. It is brown, and rather common to look at; but no doubt the
fact that Herr Müller is reputed to be the richest man in the Isles,
as he is certainly the most influential, is due to the virtue of this
stone. Herr Müller sits in the upper house of the Danish government;
and this also may be attributable to his lucky-stone.
[4] This story, it is obvious, is allied to the Ayrshire traditions on
which Burns founded his _Tam o’ Shanter_.
[5] It is necessary to explain that in talking to a brownie one must
not call a knife, a sword, an axe, or anything of the kind by its right
name, but indicate it by a paraphrase, ‘The sharp thing,’ &c. Nor must
one say ‘Thank you’ to the brownies, if they do one a service, because,
if so, it gives them power to injure the person who thanks them.
[6] Gydja is Faroese for an old wife, crone, or aged woman.