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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
590: McDougalI, W.D./Barnes, M.: Report
on a visit to Iceland, Faroe Islands and
Norway to observe and study fish catching,
handling and processing methods with par-
ticular emphasis on salted codfish produc-
tion (April 18 - May 10, 1968)
Ottawa (Industrial Development Service,
Department of Fisheries of Canada) 1968, 27
pp., 21 b/w-photographs
<Faroe Islands on pp. 8-12>
591: McGregor, Sheila: The North Atlantic
Islands: Faeroe and Iceland
in: McGregor, Sheila: The Complete Book
of Traditional Scandinavian Knitting, London
(B.T. Batsford Ltd.) 1984, pp. 92-132, figures
<Faeroe on pp. 92-103 with illustrations no. 105-122
and colour plates 9/10. An outline of the history,
techniques and materials of Faroese knitting>
592: McLaren, Moray: The Ultimate Is-
lands
in: McLaren, M.: A Singing Reel. London
(Hollis and Carter) 1953, pp. 151-179, with
drawings by A.R. Sturrock
<Recollections by a passionate angler and traveller
of a stay in the Faroes in the summer of 1950. With
many well-observed scenes from life in the Faroes in
the middle of the 20lh century>
>■ Reviewed in:
TLS. July 3, 1953, p. 431 (IMaurice Francis
Headlam])
593: McLellan, Amy: The Faroe Islands. A
new Atlantic frontier
London (Energy Day) 2001, 32 pp., illustra-
tions
<A special supplement of the magazine ”Energy
Day” with information about the Faroese oil indus-
try>
594: McLeod, J.Y.: Aspects of the Faroese
fishing industry
Cambridge 1967, 5, 65 pp., ligures, tables,
references
<Thesis at St. John’s College, Cambridge. An outline
of the history and development of the fishing indus-
try and its importance for the Faroese economy. With
graphs, tables and appendices on pp. 47-62>
595: McLoskey, Lansing D.: Twentieth cen-
tury Danish music. An annotated bibliogra-
phy and research directory
Westport/Connecticut (Greenwood Press),
1998, xxi, 149 pp. (= Music reference collec-
tion; 65)
<Contains references concerning Faroese music and
composers>
> Reviewed in:
Choice, vol. 36, 1998, no. 1, p. 90 (L. Smith)
596: McTurk, Rory: Studies in Ragnars
Saga Loðbrókar and its Major Scandinavian
Analogues
Oxford (The Society for the Study ol' Mediaeval
Languages and Literature) 1991 (= Medium
Ævum monographs, new series, 15), XI, 275
pp.
<The monograph offers a new etymology for
Ragnarr’s nick-name, loðbrók [i.e. fur pants], and
examines in detail the saga’s relationship to its Old
Norse analogues in prose and verse, its Latin ana-
logue in the Gesta Danorum, and its ballad analogues
in Norwegian, Danish and Faroese (i.e. “Ragnars
kvæði“ and “Gests ríma“ or “Áslu ríma“)>
597: McTtirk, Rory: ívar the Boneless and
the Amphibious Cow
in: Lysaght, Patricia/Ó Catháin, Seamas/Ó
hÓgáin, Dáithi (eds): Islanders and water-
dwellers: proceedings of the Celtic-Nordic-
Baltic Folklore symposium held at University
College Dublin, 16-19 June, 1996. Dublin
(DBA Publications Ltd) 1999, pp. 189-204
<”In this paper I shall make use of a Faroese
folktale in trying to explain the curious nickname
(inn) beinlaus(i) (‘the Bone-less’) that is applied in
Scandinavian tradition to Ivarr, son of the legendáry
Viking hero, Ragnar Lóðbrók”. Quoted from above
paper>