Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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Side 8
... present day , we find on the southern stream remnants of three races that cannot be connected with each other , nor with any other known people : the Basques , or descendants of the Iberians , the Etruscans , whose language only exists ...
... present day , we find on the southern stream remnants of three races that cannot be connected with each other , nor with any other known people : the Basques , or descendants of the Iberians , the Etruscans , whose language only exists ...
Side 10
... present day , blocks of stone are not to be found . Sometimes the enclosure was oval , and contained two or three chambers ; and even when the graves of this kind had but one chamber , it was placed very near one end . The " giants ...
... present day , blocks of stone are not to be found . Sometimes the enclosure was oval , and contained two or three chambers ; and even when the graves of this kind had but one chamber , it was placed very near one end . The " giants ...
Side 11
... present to the eye the appearance of a mound of earth . In rare instances , they have small stone enclosures , but invariably contain the remains of burnt corpses in clay vessels that resemble urns . Frequently on the summit or side of ...
... present to the eye the appearance of a mound of earth . In rare instances , they have small stone enclosures , but invariably contain the remains of burnt corpses in clay vessels that resemble urns . Frequently on the summit or side of ...
Side 12
... present Sweden , namely , in the old Danish countries of Schonen and West Göthland , a few in the east and north , but none in Norway . Almost all north Germany , parts of England and Hol- land , the west and south of France , Portugal ...
... present Sweden , namely , in the old Danish countries of Schonen and West Göthland , a few in the east and north , but none in Norway . Almost all north Germany , parts of England and Hol- land , the west and south of France , Portugal ...
Side 14
... present day in the same rude state in which we received it from Cæsar - the conjectures of Tacitus concerning the Silures and Caledonians notwithstanding . On historical grounds , we believe the first in- habitants of Britain to have ...
... present day in the same rude state in which we received it from Cæsar - the conjectures of Tacitus concerning the Silures and Caledonians notwithstanding . On historical grounds , we believe the first in- habitants of Britain to have ...
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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