Although the Indo-European languages of Scandinavia are unrelated to the Uralic languages that include
Lapp, the Norse also knew the North Star as the "world nail" and imagined the world axis as a mythic cosmic ash tree.
If you watched the 1994 Winter Olympics, you saw
Lapps in action.
Lapps are courteous and helpful, and "kylla' (yes) comes readily with outlanders.
This is the country of the Sami, the
Lapps, who still pursue their nomadic way of life across the borders of the Scandinavian countries and even into Russia.
Estonians and Finns call the Milky Way the Birds' Road, and some of the
Lapps identify it as the Birds' Stair.
The people who live in Lapland are called
Lapps. For centuries,
Lapps have herded reindeer.
FINAL MEETING IN THE MATTER OF WHITEFROST LIMITED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) AND IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES' ACTS 1963-2013 Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 263(2) of the Companies Act 1963 that a General Meeting of the above mentioned Company will be held at 4th Floor, 5
Lapps Quay, Cork on 14 August 2014 at 11.00 a.m for the purpose of showing the manner in which the Company has been disposed and hearing any explanations which may be given by the Liquidator and further, pursuant to Section 305 of the Companies' Act, 1963 for the purpose of directing the manner in which the books, accounts and papers or the Company and of the Liquidator shall be disposed of.
This centre for the
Lapps in the farthest North is both a social focus for a people changing from nomadism to settlement, and an important outlet for their crafts to visitors.
FINAL MEETING IN THE MATTER OF COPLEY RETAIL LIMITED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) AND IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES' ACTS 1963-2013 Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 263(2) of the Companies Act 1963 that a General Meeting of the above mentioned Company will be held at 4th Floor, 5
Lapps Quay, Cork on 14 August 2014 at 11.30 a.m for the purpose of showing the manner in which the Company has been disposed and hearing any explanations which may be given by the Liquidator and further, pursuant to Section 305 of the Companies' Act, 1963 for the purpose of directing the manner in which the books, accounts and papers or the Company and of the Liquidator shall be disposed of.
These, with their deep understanding of the essence of life in the North, their analysis of lessons from the traditional dwellings of the Innuit and the
Lapps, their understanding of the possibilities of using ambient energy, had (and still have) a real possibility of being the basis of humanly rewarding and ecologically appropriate townships.
