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Literature | Gretna Green Marriages Runaway matches. In Scotland, all that is required of contracting parties is a mutual declaration before witnesses of their willingness to marry, so that elopers reaching the parish of Graitney, or village of Springfield, could get legally married without either licence, banns, or priest. The declaration was generally made to a blacksmith. Crabbe has a metrical tale called Gretna Green, in which young Belwood elopes with Clara, the daughter of Dr. Sidmere, and gets married; but Belwood was a "screw," and Clara a silly, extravagant hussy, so they soon hated each other and parted. (Tales of the Hall, book xv.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 52 45 54 4E 41 47 52 45 45 4E 4D 41 52 52 49 41 47 45 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01010010 01000101 01010100 01001110 01000001 00100000 01000111 01010010 01000101 01000101 01001110 00100000 01001101 01000001 01010010 01010010 01001001 01000001 01000111 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G R E T N A   G R E E N   M A R R I A G E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0052 0045 0054 004E 0041 0047 0052 0045 0045 004E 004D 0041 0052 0052 0049 0041 0047 0045 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)415239544835241523939482473552524335413953 |
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