The Caithness Arts Index has posted the following article:

Wishing The Wind Winter Exhibition At Lyth

[IMG]//arts.caithness.org/image_cache/na2181_tn.jpg[/IMG] The ancient folklore tradition of ‘buying the wind' was common across Caithness and the fishing routes of the North Atlantic. The tradition involved sailors purchasing 3 knots of thread, rope or fabric, to be undone as wind is required, but the mariner is instructed on no account to untie the third knot, as it may start a hurricane. [Read Full Article]