... Presumably they earned this money by working as farm labourers. However, the creation of new small-holdings was virtually prohibited by the provisions of the Sheep Letter which required a man to own at least three cows before he could set up house... From the Vikings to the Reformation: A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands Up to 1538 - Side 101 af George Vaughan Chichester Young - 1979 - 184 sider Fuld visning -
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