Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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Side 6
... villages , and lead a settled life . Very instructive on this head is the history of the Irish nation , against whom was carried on a more destructive war - the contest being more unequal - than ever was waged by any ancient people ...
... villages , and lead a settled life . Very instructive on this head is the history of the Irish nation , against whom was carried on a more destructive war - the contest being more unequal - than ever was waged by any ancient people ...
Side 25
... gave their neighbours , the Cumrew , or people of the hills , now preserved in the name of a village . Still lower do we find them , at Lanercost , though this may be a much- D later settlement , as it is unquestionably a later name.
... gave their neighbours , the Cumrew , or people of the hills , now preserved in the name of a village . Still lower do we find them , at Lanercost , though this may be a much- D later settlement , as it is unquestionably a later name.
Side 33
... changes and aspirations , of * Cf. Lane End , Staffordshire . What plainer name could be desired ! —but that half the villages of England are similarly situated . E everything that can aid in discriminating , confidently find explana-
... changes and aspirations , of * Cf. Lane End , Staffordshire . What plainer name could be desired ! —but that half the villages of England are similarly situated . E everything that can aid in discriminating , confidently find explana-
Side 34
... village , is the Gr . pagos , a hill . The Nor . thorp , a village , is from the C. tor , a hill . The Ger . burg , a castle , is from berg , a hill ; whence the English " borough . " The Rus . gorad ( grad ) , a city , is from gara , a ...
... village , is the Gr . pagos , a hill . The Nor . thorp , a village , is from the C. tor , a hill . The Ger . burg , a castle , is from berg , a hill ; whence the English " borough . " The Rus . gorad ( grad ) , a city , is from gara , a ...
Side 36
... village of Fen - ton . CELT ( H. C. ceil , to cover ) , clothed . Transferred to the “ kilt ” of the Highlands , and to the Cumbrian homespun garment , well known as the " kelt coat . " COOMBS , C. C. cump , a circle , a remarkable ...
... village of Fen - ton . CELT ( H. C. ceil , to cover ) , clothed . Transferred to the “ kilt ” of the Highlands , and to the Cumbrian homespun garment , well known as the " kelt coat . " COOMBS , C. C. cump , a circle , a remarkable ...
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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