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Girl Representatives of the Natives of a Danish Island
On the Playing-Grounds of Finland

GIRL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIVES OF A DANISH ISLAND

ON THE PLAYING-GROUNDS OF FINLAND

This is the usual sunny type of the maiden born and bred on the Faroe Islands which lie between Iceland and the Shetlands. The twenty-one islands composing the group are the only existing remains of a large island; seventeen of this number are inhabited, and these bright girls, whose language is a dialect of the Norse, are inhabitants of the capital, Thorshavn, on Strömö Island The Finnish peasant, a homely, intelligent person, is not lacking in amusements for his hours of leisure, and full-bearded, middle-aged rustics participate in the popular games with all the ardour and zest of youth