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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time: An Account of Local Observances |
| Autor | Peter Hampson Ditchfield |
| Editor | G. Redway, 1896 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 10 Ene. 2008 |
| Largo | 344 páginas |
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