Guddicks : Traditional Riddles from Shetland

Guddicks - Traditional Riddles from Shetland - offers diverse, informative and often humorous insight into traditional life in Shetland's past. The book is packed with oral testimony from Shetlander's themselves, many born in the late 1890s, describing a bygone era and a largely self-sufficient way of life. A closer look at riddles and the cultural context in which they originated, gives the reader a unique opportunity to explore in detail a wealth of traditions, from agriculture, animal husbandry and fishing, to spinning, weaving, knitting, basketry and many other crafts. Amy Lightfoot is an ethnographer and artist who has spent a lifetime doing documentary studies of the maritime culture of the North Atlantic, in particular coastal Norway and Shetland. She was born in the United States and has lived on an island in Norway for more than 30 years. Laurie Goodlad was born and brought up in Shetland and works as Collections Assistant at the Shetland Museum. With a personal interest in Folk Life, she has collected and collated guddicks (riddles) to save them for posterity.