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  • 21Goodman’s Ground — (Guidman’s Grunde)    In Scottish lore, a portion of farmland that is left uncultivated and ungrazed. The offering of Goodman’s Ground was intended to avert misfortune, especially diseases among cattle. Other names were the Halyman’s Rig, the… …

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  • 22gentle —    obsolete Irish    bewitched    Unlike the Christmas pantomime variety, fairies were nasty creatures whom you called the gentle people because it was wise to speak kindly of them. Hawthorns were called gentle bushes or thorns, despite their… …

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  • 23given rig —    obsolete Scottish    a plot of land left uncultivated to placate the devil    An example of the common practice of seeking to mollify the devil and discourage him from harming the rest of the farm:     The Gi en Rig , which was set apart or… …

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  • 24fallow — I. a. 1. Pale red or pale yellow. 2. Untilled, unsowed, left uncultivated, neglected. 3. Inert, inactive, dormant. II. n. Untilled land …

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  • 25Israeli land and property laws — Land and property laws in Israel provide a legal framework which governs land and property issues in Israel. At its establishment, Israel continued to apply the pre existing Ottoman and British land law. Over time, these laws were amended or… …

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  • 26Land and Property Laws in Israel — refers to the legal framework governing land and property issues in Israel. Following its establishment, Israel designed a system of law that legitimized both a continuation and a consolidation of the nationalisation of land and property, a… …

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  • 27Portugal — /pawr cheuh geuhl, pohr /; Port. /pawrdd too gahl /, n. a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 9,867,654; 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Cap.: Lisbon. * * * Portugal… …

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  • 29Che Guevara — Che redirects here. For other uses, see Che (disambiguation). Che Guevara …

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  • 30ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …

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