fosterage

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There still remains in the Hebrides, though it is passing fast away, the custom of fosterage.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 by Various

The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

It is said that Mananan mac Lir had a daughter who was given in fosterage to the Danaan prince Angus, whose fairy palace was at Brugh na Boyna.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Sir Nigel Campbell, as all Highland chiefs did, sent his son to a farmer’s family for fosterage.

From Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)

I was always a dependent thing, wanting fosterage and support.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas