Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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Side 40
... , the words being in English horse and mare , names that could not possibly be borne by any two brothers that ever lived . The capti- * Danes and Norwegians in the British Isles . GOTHIC INVASION OF BRITAIN . 41 vation of Vortigern by.
... , the words being in English horse and mare , names that could not possibly be borne by any two brothers that ever lived . The capti- * Danes and Norwegians in the British Isles . GOTHIC INVASION OF BRITAIN . 41 vation of Vortigern by.
Side 48
... English terminations , such as water , stone , etc. , as they belong to the dominant language , can be of no use to the ethno- grapher . DANISH TERMINATIONS . By ( Ď . by , a town ) , a village originating in a farmhouse and ...
... English terminations , such as water , stone , etc. , as they belong to the dominant language , can be of no use to the ethno- grapher . DANISH TERMINATIONS . By ( Ď . by , a town ) , a village originating in a farmhouse and ...
Side 54
... enriched by a very considerable interchange . An example or two must suffice to show the manner in which this has taken place . The English * Natural History of Man . NAMES OF PERSONS . 55 name Nelson ( common in 54 THE PEOPLE .
... enriched by a very considerable interchange . An example or two must suffice to show the manner in which this has taken place . The English * Natural History of Man . NAMES OF PERSONS . 55 name Nelson ( common in 54 THE PEOPLE .
Side 61
... English onthink , and the phrase " to think on " still current in the dialect . Bauta stones are invariably found in connexion with graves . The traditions connected with the names of places and persons , are equally unreliable with ...
... English onthink , and the phrase " to think on " still current in the dialect . Bauta stones are invariably found in connexion with graves . The traditions connected with the names of places and persons , are equally unreliable with ...
Side 69
... English dictionaries . There is an authentic story of some antiquity concerning an English party of contraband tobacco - dealers , who introduced their commodity to a company of Irishmen . Neither side could understand one word from the ...
... English dictionaries . There is an authentic story of some antiquity concerning an English party of contraband tobacco - dealers , who introduced their commodity to a company of Irishmen . Neither side could understand one word from 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