90 Collectanea.
(P. 39, after line 8.)
In Sutherland and Caithness-shire and the Orkney Islands a name given to Shinty is " Knotty." Gateways are often chosen between which the ball must be driven, thus constituting the goals. Where gateways are non-existent, as was largely the case in these northern districts, the thing to be achieved was to drive the ball a certain distance from the central point at which it was thrown down between the contending parties. The imaginary lines to be reached were called in Orkney the Hales.
An interesting parallel to the method in which who was to drive off is fixed, described on p. 30, is to be found among the Cossacks. In a note by the Editor in a folk-tale in the Kmptadia^ after the words " Come let us draw lots," we are informed, " To draw lots the lads in the Ukraine proceed after the following manner : one takes the stick about the centre, the one who follows him puts his hand above it, after him the other, and so on consecutively ; he who will have a hand on the top and can yet hold the end of the stick without letting it fall, wins." {Kruptadia, vol. viii., p. 361.)
BLINDFOLD GAMES.
(P. 41, after line 5.)
BHndman's Buff receives the name of " Glim Glam " in Banff- shire.
(P. 41, after line 4 from bottom of page).
In Harris the Bodach Dall has not to strike another player. A stick is fastened in the ground representing the Bodach he is bent upon killing. It is this stick which he must strike. The endeavour of the other players during the conversation given, and while he is moving about, is by talking and jostling him to make him lose all idea of where the object of his attack has been placed.
(P. 44, after line 15.) Wheeling the Barrow.
Two stakes were stuck in the ground from sixty to one hundred yards apart. The competitors were blindfolded and each
