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Thread #153736   Message #3602590
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
18-Feb-14 - 01:11 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire'
Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire'
Thanks, all.

Ian, I never thought of the northern union in connection with sports. It's interesting that it's Rugby.

I'm chuffed to hear about huffed.

Garth - so Garth Brooks, the famous country singer, is named for the animal nursery? I wonder if he knows.

Yesterday I was reading an archeology book that defined the toft, the garth and the croft. I never did understand exactly what the toft was.
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