<i>Names of folk derived from their</i>
<i>country or dwelling-stead</i>.
Axefirthers, 278
Gothlander, 11
Halogalander, 57
Icefirthers, 155, 156
Lavadale-men, 182
Marshmen, 182
Northlanders, 163
Northmen, 10, 253
Ramfirthers, 34, and <i>passim</i>.
South-Islander, 7, 92
The men of Biarg, 88, 92
The men of Coldback, 20, <i>sqq.</i>
The men of the Creek, 20, <i>sqq.
</i> Varangians, 253, <i>sqq.</i>
Waterdale-folk, 26, 38
Waterdale-kin, 142
Waterness-men, 34, 88
Well-wharfers, 170
Westfirthers, 80
Westhope-men, 34
Willowdale-men, 34
<i>Occupations</i>.
Binding of hay into horseloads for being conveyed into rick-yard
or barn, 140, 141
Catching of fowl, 219
Drift-watching, 22
Fetching home victuals from mountain dairies, 84
Fetching home stockfish on horses, 126, 128
Fishing in sea and fresh water, 163, 166, 184
Folding, gathering sheep in autumn up from the wilds
and mountains, to be sorted for their owners according to
the marks in the ears of each sheep, 174
Gathering of eggs, 214
Hay-harvest, falls into two parts, the first, the haymaking in the
manured homefield, the second, in unmanured meads and mountains,
132, 140
Iron-smithying, 158
Mowing-tide, the whole season of the summer while grass can be
mown, 84, 132
Watching of home-geese, 29
of horses in winter, 31
of neat, 102
of sheep, 98, 101, 206
Whale-getting, 21, 77
Whale-cutting, 23
<i>Pet Animals</i>.
Keingala, a mare, 31
Pied-belly, a ram, 240
Saddle-fair, a mare, 135
<i>Runes</i>.
Songs cut on staffs, in runes, 186, 198
Baneful runes cut on a bewitched log of wood, 230, 231
<i>Sagas Quoted</i>.
The saga of the Bandamenn, 29
of Bodmod, Grimulf, and Gerpir, 25
of Eric the Earl, 51
of Grim who slew Hallmund, 188
of the heath-slayings, 86
The saga of the Laxdale-men, 19