Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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Side 9
... probably migrated from the north of Asia . But not so with the succeeding immigrants who poured into Europe for at least two thousand years , all of whom are clearly traceable to Asia , and belong to the great family of nations known as ...
... probably migrated from the north of Asia . But not so with the succeeding immigrants who poured into Europe for at least two thousand years , all of whom are clearly traceable to Asia , and belong to the great family of nations known as ...
Side 10
... probably so called from the enormous labour bestowed on their construction , belong evidently to this period . They are found in large artificial hills , and in conspicuous places , and are all provided with long entrances made , like ...
... probably so called from the enormous labour bestowed on their construction , belong evidently to this period . They are found in large artificial hills , and in conspicuous places , and are all provided with long entrances made , like ...
Side 11
... contained nine - tenths copper and one - tenth tin , neither of which is to be found in Denmark , nor is there any country from whence they could probably be brought , Britain excepted . The graves of the Stone age are found in Denmark.
... contained nine - tenths copper and one - tenth tin , neither of which is to be found in Denmark , nor is there any country from whence they could probably be brought , Britain excepted . The graves of the Stone age are found in Denmark.
Side 15
... probably the " Picts ' houses " of the Orkneys , described as " overgrown with earth , " are sepulchres of the Stone age . The latest and most reliable work on the ancient burial - places of the British Isles , unfortunately shows that ...
... probably the " Picts ' houses " of the Orkneys , described as " overgrown with earth , " are sepulchres of the Stone age . The latest and most reliable work on the ancient burial - places of the British Isles , unfortunately shows that ...
Side 18
... probably penetrated from thence . All North Wales was colonised by this division , as well as a part of Scotland , where they were known as the Picts . The latter tribe may have given the name to the Isle of Wight ( Vectis ) , the ...
... probably penetrated from thence . All North Wales was colonised by this division , as well as a part of Scotland , where they were known as the Picts . The latter tribe may have given the name to the Isle of Wight ( Vectis ) , the ...
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Ambleside amongst ancient Angles appears Baal belong Beltain Blencogo boggle bone-fires Britain Bronze age burial-place cairn called Cambro-Celts Castle Celtiberians Celtic Celts century CHAPTER Christian colonised connexion Cornwall Cultram Cumberland Cumberland and Westmorland Cumbrian dialect Cumrew Cumwhitton custom Danes Danish Denmark district doubt Eamont Edenhall England English euphonic Europe evidence existence fairies fell fire fireworship former German giants Gothic graves Hiberno-Celtic hill Iberian inhabitants Ireland Irish Irish language island Kendal kind Kirkby Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Thore Lancashire land language late latter Luck of Edenhall means mixed modern monument mountain names of places neighbourhood night Norse observed once origin orthography peculiar Penrith period person pond present probably pronunciation race remains remarkable river Roman Saxon says Scandinavian Silures Stone age story superstition supposed Tatár town traces tradition tribes Ullswater village vowel Wales Welsh Westmorland whilst witch words Worsaae