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...one of the fields within a stone wall. The corner cut off— and which still remains cut off—was the " Goodman's Croft "—an offering to the Spirit...from ever blighting or damaging the rest of the farm. The clergyman of the parish, in lately telling me the circumstance, added, that my kinsman had been,...

...taking possession, was the inclosing a small triangular corner of one of the fields within a stone wall. The corner cut off — and which still remains cut...from ever blighting or damaging the rest of the farm. The clergyman of the parish, in lately telling me the circumstance, added, that my kinsman had been,...

...a small triangular corner from a field, within a stone wall, as the " goodman's croft", an ottering to the Spirit of Evil, in order that he might abstain...from ever blighting or damaging the rest of the farm. Col. Leslie remarks—- " The Celts judging from a few recorded facts and the remains of many superstitions,...

...possession of a farm he had bought, cut off a small triangular corner from a field, within a stone wall, as the " goodman's croft", an offering to the Spirit...from ever blighting or damaging the rest of the farm. Col. Leslie remarks — " The Celts judging from a few recorded facts and the remains of many superstitions,...

...taking possession, was the inclosing a small triangular corner of one of the fields within a stone wall. The corner cut off — and which still remains cut...from ever blighting or damaging the rest of the farm. The clergyman of the parish, in lately telling me the circumstance, added, that my kinsman had been,...

...dann Tribuden). These minute portions of untilled land (gudeman's croft) in Scotland (s. Leslie) are an offering to the spirit of evil, in order that he...from ever blighting or damaging the rest of the farm (Simpson) 1861. Da Neri (in Nerich) von König Gautrich (von Gothland) einen Landstrich erhielt, soll...

...a stone wall The corner cut off—and which still remains cut off—was the "Goodman's Croft"—an offering to the Spirit of Evil, in order that he might...from ever blighting or damaging the rest of the farm. The clergyman of the parish, in lately telling me the circumstance, added, that my kinsman had been,...

...fields within a stone wall. The corner cut off, and which still remains cut off, was the ' Gudeman's Croft' — an offering to the Spirit of Evil, in order...from ever blighting or damaging the rest of the farm. The clergyman of the Free Church, in lately telling me the circumstance, added that my kinsman had...

...taking possession, was the enclosing a small triangular corner of one of the fields within a stone wall. The corner cut off, and which still remains cut off, was the ' Gudeman's Croft' — an offering to the Spirit of Evil, in order that he might abstain from ever...