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Quotation dates: 1907
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BRACKEN, n. (See quot.)Ork. 1907 J. T. S. Leask in Old-Lore Misc., Ork., Sh.., etc. I. iv. 133:
The people in those good (?) old days did not burn many of what they called "tuskar peats," — these were the best and were reserved chiefly for sale. They burned rough kinds . . . such as . . . bracken.
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