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    wrecked on the Shaalds of Foula in 1914. Foula was the location for the film The Edge of the World (1937). The name "Foula" derives from the Old Norse...
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    Foula Airfield (IATA: FOA) is an airfield located on the remote island of Foula, part of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland. The airstrip opened...
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  • The Edge of the World (category Foula)
    appears two minutes into the film actually shows Foula (even the name of the real-life settlement of Ham on Foula can be read), the introduction text mentions...
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    14 September 1935), born John Bernard Stoughton Holbourn, was laird of Foula, a professor and lecturer for the University of Oxford, and a writer. Holbourn...
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    Fula people (redirect from Foula people)
    This article contains Adlam Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Adlam...
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    Faroe. On 8 September she ran aground and was wrecked off the island of Foula, in the Shetland Islands. In the late 1890s the White Star Line's existing...
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  • used by the Berbers of the Maghreb in the form of the Berber calendar. Foula in Shetland, Scotland, a small settlement on a remote island of the archipelago...
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  • Gleibat El Foula is a town in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It is administered by Morocco as a rural commune in Oued Ed-Dahab Province in...
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  • Al-Fulah (redirect from Al-Foula)
    Al-Fulah (Arabic: الفولة) is a town in West Kordofan State in Sudan and is the capital of the state. The Chinese have shown an interest in developing a...
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  • Ronaldsay Inverness Dundee Sumburgh Eday Edinburgh Fair Isle Islay Sanday Foula Papa Westray Glasgow Prestwick Kirkwall Stornoway Stronsay Tingwall Tiree...
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    smaller islands to the west of Mainland. The other inhabited islands are Foula 17 mi (28 km) west of Walls, Fair Isle 24 mi (38 km) south-west of Sumburgh...
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  • native speaker of Norn on Unst. Some unnamed Norn speakers of the island of Foula were reported in 1932 by Jakob Jakobsen to have survived much later than...
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  • Djallon-Foula is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 471 square kilometers...
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    This List of Bays of Shetland Islands summarises the bays that are located on the islands of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. The small island of Balta...
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    Lerwick numbers begin 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 8, 9. Foula numbers begin 75. Fair Isle numbers begin 76. (01648) Mixed area. Magherafelt...
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    is within the parish of Walls and Sandness which includes the islands of Foula, Papa Stour, Vaila and Linga. The name is from the Old Norse: Vágar meaning...
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  • service to Fair Isle from Grutness or Lerwick on the Mainland. Foula service to the Isle of Foula from Walls on the Mainland. This service is operated by BK...
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    Faroese linguist Jakob Jakobsen wrote: As late as 1894, there were people in Foula who could repeat sentences in Norn, as I myself had the opportunity of hearing...
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    13 January, still based on the 19th century difference in the calendars. Foula, in the Shetland islands celebrates Yule ('Old Christmas' rather than the...
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  • chant, 'Rowin Foula Doon!', is particularly striking. "Oot bewast da Horn o Papa, Rowin Foula doon! Owir a hidden piece o water, Rowin Foula doon! Roond...
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  • Westray Rousay Gairsay Eday Auskerry Stronsay Shapinsay Burray Copinsay Foula Whalsay Yell Unst Fair Isle Fetlar Bressay East and West Burra Muckle Roe...
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  • Ireland Walney Island 13 5 59 11,388 15 Furness England, United Kingdom Foula 13 5 59 38 71 Shetland Islands Scotland, United Kingdom Inishbofin 13 5...
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    Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 March 2024. "The North End". (2012) Foula Heritage Ranger Service. p. 1 Mellor 2020, p. 206. "The Castle of Brough"...
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  • Animals, an American animal advocacy organization Front office appearance Foula Airfield, in Scotland Funding opportunity announcement Swedish National...
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  • An artistic project curated by Ahmed Foula in Cairo, 2008. Far from the consumptive aspect, which is closely connected to the nature of the field of graphic...
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  • Massey's Hanging Judge at the New Theatre, London 1938: 200,000 Feet on Foula. London: Faber & Faber. (The story of the making of The Edge of the World...
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    Islands to: Rona, Scotland (uninhabited): 260 kilometres (160 mi) Shetland (Foula), Scotland: 285 kilometres (177 mi) Orkney (Westray), Scotland: 300 kilometres...
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  • (1975) - Scots Nanny Mr. Selkie (1979) - Grannie Ross Captain Jack (1999) - Foula Operator Shoes Were For Sunday. London: Hutchinson. 1970. Best Foot Forward...
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    granddaughter. Since 1995 he has lived on the remote and rugged island of Foula in Shetland. In "retirement" he has continued to be very active in research...
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  • Hildina (category Foula)
    composed in Orkney in the 17th century, but collected on the island of Foula in Shetland in 1774, and first published in 1805. It tells a story of love...
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