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VERY year about old Lammas the haf fishing came to a close. The boats were then hauled up on the green and whumbled in their winter böls. But before the crew finally broke up for the season, the Foy (feast) was held, generally in the skipper's house. To this feast every man brought his wife, and if single his sister or sweetheart.

Although the luxuries of modern times where then unknown, yet the foy table was laden with substantial fare. Home-made scones, burstin brönies, and sonsie