 With reference to fishing hooks, it may be mentioned here that prior to the introduction of iron or steel hooks fish were caught by means of a small bit of hard wood or a splinter of bone from two to four inches long, attached to the end of the tome or...  Shetland Folk-lore - Page 126by John Spence - 1899 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin - Great Britain - 1921 - 444 pages
...FEIS, himself a Shetlander, with a mine of information about' old Shetland ways. He says, p. 128 : " With reference to fishing hooks, it may be mentioned...a wrapping of coarse wool called ' vaav.' When the fisherman ' felt 'im ' (became aware of a fish biting), he ' gi'ed 'im da fadam,' ie, he hauled in... | |
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