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Thread #3602   Message #3650661
Posted By: GUEST,Reinhard
13-Aug-14 - 09:19 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Barring of the Door
Subject: RE: Origins: Barring of the Door
The Fyre & Sworde notes say on the Border Reivers: "Their legacy in the Borders lies in the ballads, words in the English language such as 'bereave' and 'blackmail' (greenmail was the proper rent you paid, blackmail was 'protection money'), and the fortified dwellings called pele towers and lesser buildings called bastles."