Saturday, June 24, 2006

“British slave girl” was a unit of currency, were worth 3 cows ???

snip
.....in early-medieval Ireland, “British slave girl” was a unit of currency, equivalent to three cows.



Book Review by John Derbyshire

National Review Online
September 13th, 2006

http://www.olimu.com/WebJournalism/Texts/Reviews/ChristianSlaves.htm.

Ann says:
Some one is pulling my leg.
This migth the dowry. Quite a different thing.

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