[Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 25

[Alric and Fiona]

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Alric
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From: <j_greywolf at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 25


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> Lord j_greywolf at earthlink.net
> to the kingdom and ,
> the one from who all blessings flow
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>                                                                  as long
> as it is land   and some one does not take it literally   my hide is mine
> and mine alone   i do not need skinning despite what my lady says 
> one
> nervous wolfie
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org>
>> To: <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
>> Date: 1/8/2007 10:36:47 AM
>> Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 25
>>
>> Number and Measures - 5
>>
>> Administrative units
>>
>> * Bovate - the amount of land one ox can plough in a single year
>> (sometimes called an oxgate). Approximately 15 roods or one eighth of a
>> carucate.  (See Lesson 23 for definitions)
>> * Hide - four to eight bovates. A unit of yield instead than area,
>> measuring the amount of land needed to support a single household for
>> growing and tax purposes.
>> * Knight's Fee - five hides. A knight's fee was expected to equip one
>> soldier for a knight's retinue for war.
>> * Hundred  or Wapentake - 100 hides grouped for ennumeration and record
>> keeping.
>>
>> Shakespearian Word/Phrase of the Day:
>> Obscured course - A secret, or disguised way of life.
>> "To keep safe his guilt, he doth proceed upon an obscured course."
>>
>> Padraig
>> -- 
>> Nunc est bibendum.
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>> Politicians prefer unarmed peasants.
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