fosterage
Example Sentences
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The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel
Irish Memories shows incidentally how great a part this fosterage played in the Ross of yesterday—that family with its multitude of children was bound to the countryside by all the "Nursies."
From Irish Books and Irish People by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
Connected apparently with the tribal sentiment were the strange customs of fosterage and gossipred.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin
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 The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 by Various
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