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John Firth (folklorist)

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Scottish folklorist

John Firth (1838–1922) was a Scottish folklorist. He was born in Redland on Mainland, Orkney. He worked as a joiner and wheelwright and had a workshop in the village of Finstown, in the parish of Firth. He wrote Reminiscences of an Orkney Parish.

References

  1. John Shearer, William Groundwater, John D. Mackay. The New Orkney Book. Nelson, 1966. p. 157.


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