Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.2004, Qupperneq 109

WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
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598: Mellberg, Margaretha: Faroese Folklore
and Oral Tradition
in: Honko, Lauri (ed.): The Kalevala and the
World’s Traditional Epics. Helsinki (Finnish
Literature Society) 2002 (= Studia Fennica;
Folkloristica 12), pp. 136-148, references
<An outline of the elements of the Faroese bal-
lad dance and its place in modern Faroese soci-
ety. Mellberg takes up Patricia L. Conroy’s theories
published in lier dissertation "Faroese Ballads and
Oral-Formulaic Composition”, Berkeley 1974 and
deals with the creation, performance and message
of the ballad>
599: Melville, Michael Leslie: The Story of
the Lovat Scouts 1900-1980
Edinburgh (The Saint Andrew Press) 1981, 118
pp., illustrations, 1 map
<Chapter XV. pp. 67-77: The Faroe Islands (May
1940-June 1942)
600: Merkel, Flemming Ravn/Nielsen, Niels
Kurt/ Olsen, Bergur: Clumped Arrivals at
an Atlantic Puffín Colony
in: Colonial Waterbirds, vol. 21, 1998, no. 2,
pp. 261-267, 1 table, references
<A study of the Atlantic Puffin on Skúvoy>
601: Metcalfe, Frederick: The Oxonian in
Iceland: or, Notes of Travel in that Island
in the Summer of 1860. With Glances at
Icelandic Folk-Lore and Sagas
London (Longman and Roberts) 1861, xvi, 424
pp., 4 plates, 1 map. Unaltered cheap edition
London (John Camden Hotlen) 1867
<Metcalfe visited the Faroes on his way to Iceland
and included a number of remarks and observations
on these islands on pp. 10-37 of his travel report>
5» Reviewed in:
The Times, Sept. 26, 1861, p. 4
London Quarterly Review, vol. 19, 1862, no.
37, pp. 121-145 (reviewed together with two
further books on Iceland)
Quarterly Review, vol. 111, 1862, no. 221, pp.
115-147 (reviewed logether with three further
books on Iceland)
602: Meteorology in Iceland and Faroe
in: The Times, no. 25,710, Jan. 17, 1867, p. 12
<Report of first results received from meteorological
stations in Iceland and Faroe>
603: Meulengracht, Preben: A family chro-
nicle from the Faroes, a love story froni
Iceland, and an Icelandic parody on regional
literature
From the Danish by Helle Sandmann and
Philip Edmonds
in: Nordisk Litteratur/Nordic Literature 2001,
pp. 42-46
<Reviews of Oddvør Johansen’s ‘í morgin er aftur
ein dagur’, hórunn Valdimarsdóttir’s ‘Stulka með
fingri’, and Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s ‘Sumarið
bakvið brekkuna’>
604: Meyer, Adolph H./Kristensen, Martin/
Sorensen, Einar: Whooping Cough Vaccina-
tion
in: Acta Pædiatrica. Uppsala, vol. IV, 1924/25,
pp. 21 -34, 3 tables, references
<Results of whooping cough vaccination in the
Faroes on pp. 29-32, including table 1II>
605: Miege, Guy: The Present State of
Denntark
London (Tho[mas] Bassett) 1683, [8], 159 pp.
<An early account of the history and present state
of Denmark containing a description of the Faroe
Islands on pp. 124-152. Although Miege does not
give any sources for his description; his account of
the Faroes is undoubtedly based upon the English
translation of Lucas Debes’ famous work "Færøe et
Færoa reserata”, London 1676. Guy Miege (1644-
1718?) was a Swiss diplomat and writer who spent
several years in British diplomatic services and who
published a number of historic works and language
studies>