This year marks the 50th anniversary of Jóan Pauli Joensen’s career as an ethnologist. It all began on the day that he received a letter from Christian Matras, inviting the young student to come home to collect data and research Faroese tradition and culture. He has not stopped working since.

This book contains three fascinating dissertations from different periods in his life as a researcher. Each represents interest representative of its era, exploring different parts of Faroese culture and tradition.

Everything is described with the same joyous storytelling that has been characteristic of Jóan Pauli throughout all the years that he has so passionately shared his knowledge of Faroese traditions.