Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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Side 22
... river , having the strongest feeling on this point . Antipathies of this nature are not the growth of modern times , but commenced with the first crossing of swords between the opposing tribes . Nor is the feeling so strongly ...
... river , having the strongest feeling on this point . Antipathies of this nature are not the growth of modern times , but commenced with the first crossing of swords between the opposing tribes . Nor is the feeling so strongly ...
Side 25
... river , is derived from the original appellative of the peninsula west of the Duddon , namely , corn , the horn . In the central districts of Cumbria , we find certain evidences of conflict with the earlier occupants . The Hiberno ...
... river , is derived from the original appellative of the peninsula west of the Duddon , namely , corn , the horn . In the central districts of Cumbria , we find certain evidences of conflict with the earlier occupants . The Hiberno ...
Side 32
... , whether English or Irish , all proceed from a late period . The original Celtic names were given to whole tracts of country , rivers , peoples , promontories and cities . PSEUDO - ETYMOLOGY . 33 Pseudo - etymology , a 32 32 THE PEOPLE .
... , whether English or Irish , all proceed from a late period . The original Celtic names were given to whole tracts of country , rivers , peoples , promontories and cities . PSEUDO - ETYMOLOGY . 33 Pseudo - etymology , a 32 32 THE PEOPLE .
Side 33
... river , was explained by Worsaae as the " town of animals ( deer ) " - such an enchanted place as we read of in Eastern tales . The Cumbrian words that have been so treated , would include almost all the Celtic in the two counties . But ...
... river , was explained by Worsaae as the " town of animals ( deer ) " - such an enchanted place as we read of in Eastern tales . The Cumbrian words that have been so treated , would include almost all the Celtic in the two counties . But ...
Side 35
... rivers , cairn , of the burial - place . BLENCOGO , H. C. blein cogach , the place for war , the stronghold . Blencowe , an apocopated form . BRIGANTES ( Lat . pl . of briga , a tribe ; Sans . varga , a multitude ) , the clans , the ...
... rivers , cairn , of the burial - place . BLENCOGO , H. C. blein cogach , the place for war , the stronghold . Blencowe , an apocopated form . BRIGANTES ( Lat . pl . of briga , a tribe ; Sans . varga , a multitude ) , the clans , 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