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Hello, my name is Leanna shadley. I'm just now learning that aud is my ancestor. I to did research on Eric the Red, he is in my family tree. I'm so thankful you were able to find out more about her.

That's great, Leanna! Sorry, I've been locked out of my Tumblr account for some time and have just regained access, hence the delayed reply.

What amazing ancestry you have!

Best

Claire

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What a super month of Shetland song! Performances at Shetland Folk Festival, a screening of The Work They Say Is Mine in Fife, a Shetland ForWirds concert, some Shetland Wool Adventures after dinner entertainment, an Aberdeen University songwriting workshop and French TV filming. Huge thanks to everyone who made these precious live music moments happen, and hopefully see you this summer! ☀️ . . . . @shetlandfolkfest @woodleafife #shetlandforwirds @shetlandwooladventures @thestringshetland @uniofaberdeen @myshetlandgarden #shetlandsong #shetlandfiddle #guitar #robbieleask https://www.instagram.com/p/By6F_E-gMSM/?igshid=18n27om0c026l

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I’m excited because Christmas shopping is now all local! 🛍 The Lasses Trust In Providence CD is available from these excellent Shetland shops. Go on, mak someen’s Christmas! 🎁 🎅 ❄️ High Level Music ❄️ Shetland Museum ❄️ Mareel ❄️ Robinson & Morrison (Weisdale) ❄️ Andrew Halcrow’s (Hamnavoe) ❄️ Bixter Shop ❄️ Eid Community Co-op ❄️ Walls Shop ❄️ Bigton Community Shop ❄️ Sumburgh Airport (departures) ❄️ Aywick Shop (Yell) ❄️ RS Henderson, Cullivoe (Yell) ❄️ Tagon Stores (Voe) ❄️ JWJ (Whalsay) . . . . #shoplocalforchristmas #shetlandislands #lassestrustinprovidence #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #womenshistory #herstory #womensmusic #traditionalscottishmusic @shetlandmuseum @shetland_arts @caffevolare_sumburgh #countryshopping #clairewhite #robbieleask #lerwick #weisdale #burraisle #bixter #aith #wallsshetland #bigton #sumburghairport #aywick #yellshetland #cullivoe #voeshetland #whalsay https://www.instagram.com/p/BroHxD3ALiq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1awlcm4yulmia

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Big thanks to @adamguestmusic for Friday’s #shetlandtimes album review. Warm up with your Christmas copy from clairewhiteshetland.bandcamp.com 🎄🎁 🎅 🎶 . . . . #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #shetlandislands #lassestrustinprovidence #clairewhite #robbieleask #guitar @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage #inspiredbyshetland https://www.instagram.com/p/Brd4ovdA56Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12aw84i9pkvn9

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Snazzy new website alert! 🙌 🥳I’ve finally got me a place of my own on the World Wide Web thanks to the tech talents of @girlinthenorthsea and @nbcommunication 💻 Don’t be a stranger! 👋 . . . . #newwebsite #happylass #atlast #adigitalhomeofmyown https://www.instagram.com/p/BrQ1sz2g1V1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gc47jrmo2tv7

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IT’S ALBUM LAUNCH DAY! 🚀🥳 Here are your pre-ordered CDs in my Shetland kitchen this morning 💿 They’re off to Japan, the USA, Germany, France, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland and Shetland. HUGE THANKS for your incredible international support 🙏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 . . . . @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage #shetlanddialect #lassestrustinprovidence #clairewhite #robbieleask #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #guitar #preorder #albumlaunch #shetlandislands https://www.instagram.com/p/BrM6BwnAE6r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kl0dj4ilpbe0

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I’m printing address labels today and popping CDs in plastic-free envelopes to send out tomorrow, ALBUM LAUNCH DAY! 🏷 💿 ✉️ 🚀 Today is your LAST CHANCE to order a signed, personalised copy of ‘Lasses Trust In Providence’ for mail out tomorrow! The perfect secret Santa gift or stocking filler 🎁 clairewhiteshetland.bandcamp.com . . . . #shetlandislands #womensmusic #scottishfolkmusic #scottishtraditionalmusic #stockingfiller #secretsanta #shetlandfiddle #guitar #clairewhite #robbieleask #lassestrustinprovidence #albumlaunch #shetlandgifts @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage https://www.instagram.com/p/BrKrB1qATDr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=85nd0k9i1l66

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Here’s the Lasses Trust In Providence CD in yesterday’s glorious Shetland sun ☀️ 💿 Can’t wait to share it with you all on Monday! There’s still time to order a signed copy before then for £10+p&p. The perfect stocking filler or Secret Santa gift 🎁🎅🎄 clairewhiteshetland.bandcamp.com . . . . @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage #shetlanddialect #shetlandforwirds #shetlandsong #shetlandfiddle #guitar #clairewhite #robbieleask #shetlandislands @lbichan @shetland_arts #womensmusic #scottishfolkmusic #scottishtraditionalmusic #lassestrustinprovidence https://www.instagram.com/p/BrC7l3lApfn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10gif5j3caqct

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A happy day! 😃 CDs have arrived in Shetland! 🚚 Signed copies of Lasses Trust In Providence are winging their way to you soon! The perfect Christmas present for your favourite lass 🎁 Order before Monday at clairewhiteshetland.bandcamp.com for just £10+p&p! . . . . #shetlandtransport #birnamcd #lassestrustinprovidence #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #clairewhite #robbieleask #shetlandislands #christmaspresent #stockingfiller #scotland #womensmusic #scottishfolkmusic #traditionalscottishmusic #storiesinsong (at Quarff, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAGelIAeFG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hm5o8i48bgjv

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Song of Aud the Deep-Minded. I grew up in Lerwick where the annual Up-Helly-Aa Viking festival is celebrated with a male-only Viking tradition. I’ve long been curious about the role of women in Viking society and was intrigued to learn in 2015 of female Iceland settler, Aud the Deep-Minded. My research into Aud’s life took me to Norway and Iceland where I learned that this Norwegian noblewoman was born in a crusading age with aspirations to secure her family’s future by cunning and conquest. Aud was made an orphan, widow and grieving mother in her dramatic lifetime, but she overcame vulnerability using courage and strong leadership skills, securing her place in history as an independent and influential land-claimant. This is Aud’s story in song, with grateful thanks to Hannah Mary Scott Goodlad for first mentioning her name and to Vilborg Davidsdòttir for sharing her extensive knowledge of Aud. For this full track and more women’s music order your signed CD before 10th December at clairewhiteshetland.bandcamp.com . . . . #audthedeepminded #iceland #faroe #orkney #norway #scotland #hvammur #krosshólaborg #dalir #hebrides #viking #shetlandislands #uphellyaa #shetlandsong #shetlandfiddle #guitar #womensmusic #vilborgdavíðsdóttir #lassestrustinprovidence #clairewhite #robbieleask @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage @followthevikings https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5mG8eAFNa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ik99qj1fgyiq

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Thanks Mam. Gratitude for countless acts of simple, loving care. Mam is, like many women, a multifaceted character but she prizes her role as mother above everything else. As children we never doubted how loved we were because she was always there. We ate breakfast together, chatted on the school run and shared the day’s news over tea. She stood me on a chair to watch her cook when I was a toddler and she read to me daily. Our childhood was a ‘make do and mend’ one in which Mam created anything we needed from materials found lying around the house. She carved me a Cinderella’s carriage neepie lantern for Halloween one year and produced multiple book covers from wallpaper scraps. Her phone calls during university were as regular as clockwork, and now in adult life too she never skips a beat. I’m so very grateful. . . . . #motherhood #beingthereisenough #gratitude #motherslove #shetlandsong #lassestrustinprovidence #clairewhite #robbieleask #shetlandislands #care #givingyourbest #yourbestisgoodenough #consistency (at Lerwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2utBrADj7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hr07n5xco76k

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Hands Across the Hills. A song about Shetland Bus operations during World War Two. In 1943 a whaling vessel called the Brattholm and its twelve man crew sailed 900 miles from Scalloway in Shetland to Troms in Norway with explosives aboard to blow up German supplies and organise a resistance network. On landing, the sailors made contact with a reputedly trustworthy local merchant who wasn’t the man they thought he was and betrayed them to the Germans. A warship swooped, the Brattholm’s crew blew her up in an act of self defence, and all aboard ended up in the surrounding icy water. They swam ashore but only one man, 25-year-old Jan Baalsrud, evaded capture. With a bullet-wounded foot he set out on an 80-mile journey across icy mountains and water to reach freedom at the neutral Swedish border. He was helped by people in occupied Norway who put their lives at risk by giving Baalsrud shelter, food, clothing and transport. He was delivered into Sweden on a Lapp reindeer sled, having survived snow-blindness, gangrene, frostbite, being buried alive for five days in an avalanche, and losing most of his toes. After ten weeks of recuperation he recovered and a few months later flew back to England to report for duty. His achievement became legendary and King Olaf V of Norway sent an inscribed wreath of flowers to his funeral. His ashes were buried in the same grave as one of the men who helped him in Norway, and an 80-mile trek along his escape route takes place each July over nine days, a tribute to his helper. Order your signed CD of this song before 10th December at clairewhiteshetland.bandcamp.com . . . . #shetlandbus #janbaalsrud #norway #shetlandislands #scalloway #troms #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #clairewhite #robbieleask #inspiredbyshetland @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage #shetlandforwirds #lassestrustinprovidence #sweden #thetwelfthman #guitar https://www.instagram.com/p/BqzZKhPAt15/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h8y17rejxqvu

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Kirstie Caddel’s Prayer. The story of a harrowing nineteenth century Shetland life. Widowed soon after moving to Lerwick from Northmavine in 1839 for work, Kirstie’s lifelong fight to secure the wellbeing of her children was ultimately a losing battle. It was often at Martinmas that Kirstie’s family left or were evicted from their lodgings. Ironically, each 11th November, St Martin of Tours is celebrated in Europe as a friend of children and patron of the poor because he cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm. With this background in mind, I wanted to tell Kirstie’s story in the form of a prayer for her children, spoken from beyond the grave. With grateful thanks to @ellierosemarysmith for reminding me of Kirstie’s story in autumn 2014. For more women’s stories in song order your signed CD before 10th December. Just £10+p&p clairewhiteshetland.bandcamp.com . . . . @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage #lassestrustinprovidence #shetlandforwirds #martinmas #stmartin #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #guitar #clairewhite #robbieleask #kirstiecaddel #lerwick #northmavine https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqw1YeagF_S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1weupltg461k2

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Da Hennie. A song about Shetland women who’ve met every week for sixty years. They drink tea, eat homebakes and chat in each other’s houses on Thursday evenings. They’ve been through a lot together. Three cheers for friendship. Order a signed CD for your friend before 10th December at clairewhiteshetland.bandcamp.com . . . . @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage #shetlandforwirds #lassestrustinprovidence #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #guitar #clairewhite #robbieleask #friendship #womensmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/BqungOHAe6f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=34hdrz7klxlc

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Rehearsal yesterday for album launches in Shetland and Aberdeen, 19th and 23rd January respectively. Looking forward to seeing some of you there! . . . . @promoteshetland @shetlandheritage @thestringshetland @thebluelamp_abz #aberdeenfolkclub #robbieleask #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #guitar #lassestrustinprovidence #shetlandforwirds #clairewhite https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpLlRrnEM9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bskyxpyap7rn

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Out today! A film about Betty Mouat, the 60-year-old Shetland woman who drifted alone to Norway in 1886. If you enjoy the film you can now order the ‘Lasses Trust In Providence’ album via the link in my bio. Thirteen tracks with an emphasis on the ‘She’ in Shetland. All signed CDs ordered before 10th December 2018 will contain a personal message. . . . . . #bettymouat #scatness #shetland #norway #knitting #lerwick #lepsøy #womensmusic #edinburgh #croft #robbieleask #lassestrustinprovidence #shetlandfiddle #shetlandsong #guitar (at Virkie, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPjqs6h48T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1whm5i4an8fw9

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Out December 2018! An album of Shetland songs and tunes from Claire White and Robbie Leask. Vocals, fiddle and guitar with an emphasis on the ‘She’ in Shetland. A collection of ninth to twenty-first century women’s tales of witchcraft, exploration, motherhood, friendship, creativity, courage and survival. . . . . . #shetlandforwirds #shetlanddialect #shetlandfiddle #womensmusic #guitar #robbieleask https://www.instagram.com/p/BqHpkAyht7a/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bzdv9h90pzln