word
sp
WELL
THERE
WAS
MEN
sp
WALKING
sp
THROUGH
THE
VILLAGE
sp
{OOV}
sp
ERM
sp
TO
STOP
THEM
{OOV}
FOR
A
sp
REST
sp
AND
HE
HAD
THIS
TWO
BAGS
OF
SUGAR
sp
YOU
sp
KNOW
ONE
sp
THAT
WAS
{OOV}
sp
AND
sp
HE
WAS
GON
NA
LIGHT
HIS
PIPE
AND
HE
sp
THREW
US
sp
{OOV}
AND
HE
COULDN'T
GET
OFF
AND
IT
STRANGLED
HIM
sp
ARE
THERE
ANY
OTHER
STORIES
THAT
YOU
sp
KNOW
ABOUT
STRONSAY
sp
WELL
DADDY'S
{OOV}
ONE
DAY
AND
HE
sp
{OOV}
UP
THIS
sp
BIG
FLAGSTONE
AND
IT
WAS
ER
sp
TOPPING
OFF
A
GRAVE
sp
AND
sp
{OOV}
DIDN'T
KEN
sp
WHAT
TO
DO
SO
HE
JUST
PUT
THE
FLAGSTONE
BACK
AND
sp
KEPT
ON
{OOV}
AND
THE
NEXT
TIME
HE
WENT
sp
TO
{OOV}
sp
HE
{OOV}
AND
sp
HE
sp
{OOV}
IT
UP
AGAIN
AND
HE
sp
TOOK
UP
sp
THE
sp
SKULL
AND
{OOV}
sp
AND
sp
HE
KEPT
sp
THE
BACKBONE
TO
IT
sp
ONE
OF
{OOV}
TO
BRING
THE
BACKBONE
sp
WE'VE
STILL
GOT
sp
IT
AND
sp
I'VE
GOT
A
PHOTOGRAPH
sp
OF
THE
sp
{OOV}
sp
AS
WELL
sp
WELL
sp
ER
{OOV}
THERE
sp
WAS
MAN
sp
WALKING
FOR
THE
sp
SOUTH
END
OF
THE
ISLAND
sp
TO
THE
NORTH
END
TO
KEPT
SOMETHING
FOR
HIS
CROPS
sp
SO
HE
WAS
TAKING
{OOV}
BUCKET
sp
TO
GET
IT
sp
AND
SO
HE
WENT
THE
sp
NORTH
END
AND
GOT
WHATEVER
IT
WAS
HE
WAS
WANTING
sp
AND
ON
THE
WAY
BACK
sp
HE
STOPPED
AT
{OOV}
FARM
TO
WATCH
sp
{OOV}
sp
SO
sp
WATCH
THEM
FOR
A
{OOV}
WHILE
AND
THEN
HE
STARTED
DANCING
WITH
THEM
AND
sp
HE
DANCE
THEM
ALL
NIGHT
AND
HE
JUST
sp
{OOV}
GET
IN
HIS
sp
HAND
sp
THEN
IN
THE
MORNING
HE
THOUGHT
HE'D
BETTER
BE
GETTING
BACK
HOME
sp
SO
sp
HE
sp
STARTED
HOME
sp
AND
WHEN
HE
GOT
HOME
HE
DISCOVERED
IT
WAS
THE
HARVEST
TIME
AND
sp
HE
STARTED
UP
IN
THE
SPRING
sp
AND
THE
BUCKET
HE'D
BEEN
CARRYING
HAD
LEFT
A
sp
RIDGE
IN
HIS
HAND
sp
AND
ME
GRANNY
TO
HELP
ME
{OOV}
AND
sp
HE
WAS
THE
LAND
sp
NOBODY
COULD
REALLY
FIND
sp
THAT
sp
IF
sp
YOU
sp
CAME
ACROSS
IT
ONE
NASTY
DAY
WELL
sp
YOU'RE
THERE
AND
YOU'RE
sp
KIND
OF
STOP
THERE
sp
IF
THE
{OOV}
WENT
AWAY
AND
sp
THAT'S
WHAT
I
LIKE
{OOV}
THERE
sp
WAS
sp
THIS
STORY
sp
ABOUT
ER
THE
{OOV}
WIFE
THAT
sp
SHARED
sp
THEIR
MILK
WITH
{OOV}
BUTTER
sp
SO
THIS
sp
OTHER
WIFE
sp
TELL
HAD
sp
TO
GO
AND
sp
STEAL
SOME
MILK
sp
FOR
sp
THE
sp
WITCH'S
{OOV}
COW
sp
AND
sp
THAT
NIGHT
{OOV}
sp
STEALS
SOME
sp
MILK
AND
ER
sp
SURE
ENOUGH
IT
DID
COME
sp
AND
THEN
WHEN
THE
WITCH
WOKEN
UP
IN
THE
sp
MORNING
AND
FOUND
OUT
THAT
sp
SOMEBODY
HAD
sp
BEEN
sp
MILKING
THE
COW
sp
SHE
SAID
ER
sp
WHOEVER
sp
STEALING
THE
MILK
sp
WILL
NEVER
sp
WORK
FOR
sp
SIX
MONTH
sp
AND
ER
sp
IF
sp
THAT
DAY
THAT
sp
THE
WIFE
{OOV}
sp
THERE'S
SUPPOSED
TO
sp
BE
sp
A
WHITE
HORSE
THAT
GOES
THROUGH
THE
SQUARE
AT
{OOV}
AND
ER
sp
IT
sp
ER
sp
SUPPOSED
TO
sp
PAY
THIS
HORSEMAN
OR
SOMETHING
sp
BUT
I
DON'T
REALLY
KEN
MUCH
ABOUT
IT
sp
THIS
MAN
sp
CAME
sp
UP
TO
sp
AND
sp
HE
HEARD
sp
THIS
sp
{OOV}
CHAINS
sp
EVERY
TIME
HE
sp
WALKED
sp
THAT'S
HIM
COME
BACK
AGAIN
sp
AND
EVERY
TIME
HE
STOPPED
IT
STOPPED
AND
sp
THIS
HAPPENED
A
FEW
TIMES
AND
sp
HE
WAS
VERY
SCARED
AND
HE
sp
THOUGHT
HE
HAD
BETTER
GO
AND
sp
SEE
WHAT
THE
NOISE
WAS
sp
AND
sp
ANYTHING
sp
WELL
IT
WAS
JUST
A
sp
PET
SHEEP
TANGLED
sp
UP
IN
sp
ITS
TETHER
sp
AND
ARE
THERE
PEOPLE
IN
sp
CLASS
FOUR
AT
sp
{OOV}
STRONSAY
SCHOOL
WHO'S
BEEN
LOOKING
AT
SOME
OF
THE
LEGENDS
sp
HERE'S
GARY
sp
{OOV}
sp
WHICH
IS
THE
STORY
THAT
sp
YOU'VE
BEEN
HEARING
sp
ABOUT
sp
ER
sp
IT'S
CALLED
THE
sp
CAVE
AND
IT
sp
WAS
AN
sp
OLD
WOMAN
WAS
SITTING
KNITTING
IN
{OOV}
sp
WHEN
HER
WOOL
sp
WENT
THROUGH
A
sp
HOLE
sp
IN
THE
FLOOR
sp
IT
sp
WAS
SUPPOSED
TO
HAVE
sp
GONE
INTO
A
CAVE
THAT
GOES
RIGHT
UNDERNEATH
sp
THE
sp
HOUSE
WELL
sp
WE'VE
COME
sp
ALONG
THE
ISLAND
OF
STRONSAY
NOW
AND
AT
sp
ER
sp
THE
POST
OFFICE
CALLED
SAMSON
'S
LANE
sp
AND
NAME
WHICH
HAS
sp
ALWAYS
FASCINATED
ME
sp
REALLY
sp
AND
ER
THE
sp
SUB
POSTMASTER
IN
CHARGE
HERE
IS
DENNIS
{OOV}
THE
sp
POST
OFFICE
ITSELF
HERE
sp
IS
CALLED
SAMSON
'S
LANE
THAT
MUST
sp
CAUSE
A
LOT
OF
INTEREST
AND
PEOPLE
MUST
sp
BE
INTERESTED
IN
GETTING
A
POST
MARK
FROM
HERE
sp
YES
WE
GET
QUITE
A
FEW
INQUIRIES
FROM
SOUTH
AND
ER
sp
FROM
sp
ENTHUSIASTS
sp
THAT
sp
WANT
STAMPS
FRANKING
sp
WITH
THE
SAMSON
LANE
STAMP
sp
AND
I
SUPPOSE
OVER
THE
LAST
TWELVE
MONTH
WE
MUST
HAVE
HAD
AS
MANY
AS
sp
A
DOZEN
sp
OF
SUCH
INQUIRIES
sp
WANTED
THEIR
STAMP
sp
FRANKED
sp
WHAT
ABOUT
THE
NAME
SAMSON
'S
LANE
WHAT
sp
{OOV}
sp
ASCERTAIN
ABOUT
ITS
ORIGINS
sp
IT'S
ALWAYS
INTERESTED
ME
THE
NAME
YOU
KNOW
sp
AS
FAR
AS
I
CAN
UNDERSTAND
SAMSON
'S
LANE
sp
IS
FROM
sp
THE
SCHOOL
sp
DOWN
TO
SAMSON
'S
FARM
sp
AND
PROBABLY
sp
PART
OF
THE
ROAD
DOWN
TO
{OOV}
sp
BUT
CERTAINLY
NOT
sp
TOWARDS
THE
THE
SOUTH
END
OF
THE
ISLAND
sp
BUT
ER
sp
I
CAN'T
SAY
THAT
I
KNOW
ANYTHING
MORE
ABOUT
IT
ACTUALLY
sp
SO
THERE'S
NO
CLEAR
INDICATION
THAT
sp
SAMSON
EVER
LIVED
HERE
IN
THAT
CASE
THEN
sp
NO
sp
NO
FAR
FROM
IT
sp
OH
sp
IT'S
NO
BEEN
sp
TOO
BAD
AT
ALL
I
WOULD
SAY
sp
SINCE
THE
FIRST
OF
THE
NEW
YEAR
sp
IT
SEEMS
TO
BE
sp
IMPROVED
sp
REMARKABLY
IT'S
sp
BEEN
sp
FAIRLY
BLUSTERY
THE
ODD
DAY
BUT
sp
THERE'S
FROST
AND
sp
ESPECIALLY
THE
sp
SNOW
THAT
THEY'VE
HAD
DOWN
sp
FURTHER
SOUTH
IT
SEEMS
TO
BE
sp
HELPING
US
UP
HERE
I
WOULD
SAY
AND
IT'S
{OOV}
WITH
THE
sp
WITH
sp
THE
LAND
WORK
ESPECIALLY
GOT
THE
sp
SLURRY
AND
STUFF
OF
THAT
sp
KIND
sp
AND
sp
WHAT
ABOUT
THE
THE
SIZE
OF
sp
THE
sp
FARM
OF
THE
BYRE
WHAT'S
THE
ACREAGE
OF
IT
sp
OH
WELL
ER
THE
sp
SIZE
OF
THE
HOME
PLACE
HERE
sp
ABOUT
sp
NINETY
THREE
ACRE
AND
THEN
WE'VE
sp
THREE
OF
THAT
WELL
THAT
PLACE
IS
FOR
BYRE
sp
BUT
sp
THAT'S
{OOV}
ABOUT
SIXTY
ACRE
sp
ALL
sp
ADDED
TOGETHER
sp
AND
ON
THAT
THEN
ER
sp
HOW
IS
THE
sp
ACTUAL
sp
WORK
OF
THE
FARM
BROKEN
UP
sp
INTO
sp
ACREAGES
FOR
SILAGE
OR
BARLEY
OR
WHATEVER
sp
OH
WELL
sp
WE
TRY
AND
KEEP
ALL
THE
sp
COWS
sp
{OOV}
sp
MID
FIFTIES
AS
FAR
AS
THE
sp
COWS
GOES
sp
AND
WE
sp
RUN
THEM
ALL
HOME
HERE
sp
AND
THEN
WE'VE
GOT
THE
YOUNG
CATTLE
OFF
sp
TO
THE
sp
TWO
sp
PLACES
ON
THE
OTHER
SIDE
OF
THE
ISLAND
AND
THEN
THE
THIRD
sp
PLACE
AT
{OOV}
sp
JUST
LAST
YEAR
sp
IT'S
TWENTY
TWO
ACRE
AND
WE
PUT
ALL
OF
sp
THAT
DOWN
TO
sp
BARLEY
sp
FOR
sp
ER
sp
{OOV}
sp
AND
WITH
THE
FIFTY
FIVE
COWS
AND
THEN
WE
BUY
IN
sp
SOME
sp
CATTLE
FOR
BYRE
sp
USUALLY
WE
{OOV}
sp
OH
ABOUT
sp
MID
SIXTIES
OR
IN
THAT
sp
DIRECTION
sp
AND
ER
sp
WITHOUT
sp
IT
WE
WOULDN'T
HAVE
DONE
EXTRA
BARLEY
sp
ESPECIALLY
{OOV}
THE
WINTER
TIME
TO
FINISH
THEM
OFF
sp
SO
IT'S
SPLIT
UP
MORE
OR
LESS
LIKE
THAT
WITH
A
sp
NINETY
THREE
ACRE
HOME
PRODUCING
THE
SILAGE
sp
AND
sp
KEEPING
THE
sp
COWS
sp
AND
FORTY
OF
sp
THE
ACRE
sp
KEEPING
THE
YOUNG
CATTLE
sp
{OOV}
sp
SOME
HAY
OFF
OF
THAT
AND
THEN
TWENTY
sp
TWO
ACRE
DOWN
TO
BARLEY
sp
WELL
WE'LL
GO
INSIDE
THE
BUILDINGS
NOW
AND
HAVE
A
LOOK
ER
AT
SOME
OF
THE
CATTLE
INDOORS
HERE
sp
{OOV}
sp
IT
sp
HOLDS
sp
FORTY
FOUR
COWS
sp
IT'S
sp
TWO
STRUCTURE
HOUSE
TWINNED
EACH
SIDE
OBVIOUSLY
IN
THE
CENTRE
sp
FEED
sp
PASSAGE
sp
AND
THEY
{OOV}
AND
sp
THAT'S
sp
THE
sp
WALL
sp
HEAD
SEEMS
TO
sp
WORK
FAIRLY
WELL
IT'S
sp
EASILY
sp
CLEANED
OUT
sp
EASILY
FED
AND
sp
THE
sp
COWS
COME
sp
TO
CALF
sp
WE
sp
JUST
PUT
THEM
IN
sp
THE
sp
PEND
AND
AFTER
THAT
sp
ONCE
THEY'RE
A
sp
REASONABLE
SIZE
sp
WE
PUT
THEM
THROUGH
INTO
sp
A
{OOV}
BYRE
sp
AND
sp
IT
sp
EASIER
TO
WORK
THE
sp
SITUATION
ONCE
THE
CALVES
ARE
A
sp
A
FAIR
SIZE
AND
PASS
THE
{OOV}
STAGE
ESPECIALLY
sp
WOULD
YOU
EVENTUALLY
BE
HAVING
A
SLOPING
FLOOR
BUILDING
AS
WELL
sp
THERE
WERE
sp
CONCERNS
ABOUT
ER
THAT
TYPE
OF
BUILDING
AT
ONE
TIME
BUT
ER
sp
D'YA
THINK
IT
IS
QUITE
SUITABLE
FOR
ORKNEY
sp
I
THINK
IT
WORKS
sp
FAIRLY
WELL
ENOUGH
I
sp
CAN'T
SAY
I
WOULD
sp
BE
JUST
sp
TOO
EXCITED
ABOUT
THE
PROSPECTS
OF
CALVING
GOES
sp
{OOV}
sp
BE
A
BIT
KIND
OF
sp
SLIDING
EACH
OTHER
YOUNG
CALF
THAT'S
JUST
NEWLY
BORN
sp
NEEDLESS
TO
SAY
HE
MIGHT
HAVE
A
TENDENCY
TO
END
UP
sp
DOING
WHAT
HE
WOULDN'T
WANT
THEM
DOING
AMONGST
SLURRY
sp
AND
SUCH
LIKE
sp
BUT
I
THINK
IF
YOU
sp
CAN
CALF
THEM
sp
AND
THEN
sp
PUT
THEM
ONTO
sp
THE
{OOV}
FLOOR
sp
I
THINK
WHEN
THERE
ARE
SIDES
THAT
sp
THEY
CAN
FEED
FOR
THEMSELVES
MORE
sp
THERE
WOULD
BE
NOTHING
WRONG
WITH
A
{OOV}
FLOOR
sp
BYRE
AT
sp
ALL
REALLY
sp
WELL
LOOKING
AT
sp
THE
sp
INDIVIDUAL
BREEDS
OF
ANIMALS
THAT
WE'VE
GOT
HERE
sp
TELL
US
ABOUT
THE
BASIC
sp
BREED
LINE
THAT
YOU
sp
YOU
KEEP
ON
THE
FARM
HERE
sp
WELL
FOR
MOST
WE
TRY
AND
WORK
A
SHORTHORN
sp
FOR
I
THINK
THAT
THE
sp
SHORTHORN
sp
AND
THE
BLACK
BULL
sp
IS
THE
sp
TRUE
TRADITIONAL
sp
CATTLE
YOU
sp
KNOW
sp
MAYBE
AND
I
DON'T
sp
BELIEVE
FOR
ONE
MINUTE
THAT
sp
THE
sp
THE
CATTLE
WOULD
BE
ANY
BETTER
IF
YOU
HAD
A
LOT
OF
LIMOUSINS
OR
SOMETHING
ELSE
AND
sp
I
THINK
THAT
sp
KEEPING
THE
ORKNEY
sp
OLD
FASHIONED
COW
IS
NEAR
TO
THAT
sp
THAN
CROSSING
WITH
CONTINENTAL
sp
PROBABLY
SIMMENTAL
sp
OR
CHAROLAIS
sp
I
THINK
THAT
sp
THAT'S
THE
SECRET
TO
sp
AND
{OOV}
CATTLE
AND
sp
OUR
sp
OUR
sp
BROAD
{OOV}
sp
THAT'S
sp
MARKETABLE
ESPECIALLY
DOWN
sp