Source 1
The basic layout of all the homes in Skara Brae was similar suggesting that no one person was raked higher on the hierarchy, a closely- knit community where every one was treated as equals. . It is believed that in winter they sat around the central fire-place to keep warm and told stories about the local folklore. The Orcadian folklore was a bunch of inter-twined Celtic and Nordic legends. They included stories about the sea and its magical inhabitants and tales of creatures who wondered the land. Folklore tales tell of mermaids, fin men, giants, dwarves and other magical creatures. We know of these legends because they have been passed down through the Orcadian generations.
Source 2
Skara Brae dwellers
hunted, farmed, fished. They went around their everyday lives using weapons and tools made of stone and ivory such as ivory knives, shovels, awls (a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather and wood) and adzes (an axe-like tool for dressing and shaping timbres).
Because of the house and village size it is thought that 50 was the maximum number of people living in Skara Brae at any point of time. They farmed sheep and cattle for meats as well as hunted animals such as deer. They had barley crops and because the Skara Brae dwellers lived by the sea they also ate seafood like codfish, crabs, cockles, seabirds and seabird's eggs.