fosterage
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The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 by Various
So he went before the King and said, "If thou art willing, Cormac, I would gladly have one of thy sons in fosterage."
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
His son Brian had, in accordance with an old Irish custom, passed his boyhood in "fosterage" at the court of Callaghan, King of Cashel, in East Munster.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
It tainted the blood of all who gave their children into fosterage with Irish women, and penalised the usage of Irish dress and customs.
From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Robert Lloyd Praeger
He has come to claim, as gossip-law allows, the fosterage of MacWilliam's son.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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