Observations on the Character, Customs, and Superstitions of the Irish: And on Some of the Causes which Have Retarded the Moral and Political Improvement of IrelandGale and Curtis, 1812 - 360 sayfa |
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Sayfa 151
... Gavelkind , refers to a custom , or law common only to the vassals . * On the death of any member of a family , the whole stock was divi- ded , whether it consisted of moveables or of See note A. land , among all the surviving branches ...
... Gavelkind , refers to a custom , or law common only to the vassals . * On the death of any member of a family , the whole stock was divi- ded , whether it consisted of moveables or of See note A. land , among all the surviving branches ...
Sayfa 152
... gavelkind ; since every new family was to be provided out of the common stock ; at least was to have a share of the land belonging to the clan . The ordinary checks to the early union of the sexes were withdrawn ; for when the hut was ...
... gavelkind ; since every new family was to be provided out of the common stock ; at least was to have a share of the land belonging to the clan . The ordinary checks to the early union of the sexes were withdrawn ; for when the hut was ...
Sayfa 154
... confirmed by a refe- rence to the state of the Highlands fifty years ago , and by comparing it with the present im- proved condition of that country . A species of 7 * " Mr. Gavelkind was then very common in all 154 OBSERVATIONS.
... confirmed by a refe- rence to the state of the Highlands fifty years ago , and by comparing it with the present im- proved condition of that country . A species of 7 * " Mr. Gavelkind was then very common in all 154 OBSERVATIONS.
Sayfa 155
... Gavelkind was then very common in all the northern districts of Scotland . Not only was the land common among all the occupiers on a farm , and consequently unimproved ; but it was divided successively among all the young branches of ...
... Gavelkind was then very common in all the northern districts of Scotland . Not only was the land common among all the occupiers on a farm , and consequently unimproved ; but it was divided successively among all the young branches of ...
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... Gavelkind has doubtless been deriv- ed from the same origin . " The partible quality " also of lands , by the custom of Gavelkind , which " still obtains in many parts of England , and did " universally over Wales till the reign of ...
... Gavelkind has doubtless been deriv- ed from the same origin . " The partible quality " also of lands , by the custom of Gavelkind , which " still obtains in many parts of England , and did " universally over Wales till the reign of ...
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