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A mixture. Much farmland is owned by large estates and rented out.

Tensions between London and the rest of Britain abound. They are an on going problem.

Much speculation, little knowledge.

They are eaten in the pie.

In the UK almost all beaches belong to the crown or the zduchy of zcornwall which is an offshoot of the crown estate, so there are strong contrlsols on demanding.

Probably the same as other cultures. There are no traditions specific to Jews.

Thank you for the fairyworld link at the very end of your last subheading!

The Fairies subheading has as its second in-text image six mermaid illustrations. My cursor indicates nothing regarding published-book attributions.

Might you have access to that information?

The first sentence to your introduction considers that "The Lleyn Peninsula is the extremity of North Wales, a long stretch of open countryside with small coastal towns on its fringe, but with a large, agricultural interior of small farms, quiet lanes and ancient remains through which hikers can wander."

Is the agricultural interior one of occupant-rented or owner-occupied small farms?

The last two sentences in your introduction advise us that "there is sustained reflection on the place of Atlantic cultures in modern urban London-centred Britain.The whole journey is the isles as seen from a small craft, as our ancestors once saw them."

Would coastal and insular United Kingdom be focused on their coastal and island activities and culture today or would they be "London-centred"?

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English Wiktionary attributes the earliest known references to Druids as from the 4th century B.C.

Did everyone just accept the Druids as native to what is now modern-day Britain, France and Ireland?

Or was there speculation as to other original homelands?

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Online sources appear to associate staragazy pie with either pilchard heads or pilchard tails.

What happens to the rest? Might the parts not sticking out be mashed and mixed with the other ingredients, for ;-D pilcharded eggs and pilcharded potatoes ;-D ?

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De-pebbling and de-sanding can be problematic for Hawaiian beaches.

Hawaiian beaches can be black-, green- or red-sanded. The beautiful colors can be jeopardized by commercial and individual de-sanders.

Do the British Isles have colored beaches?

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Online sources describe Jewish culture as matchmaker-traditioned at least since Biblical times.

Is there any tradition as to what a prospective husband and his family looked for in a prospective bride?

Might family history and socioeconomic niche have been important?

(Perhaps audacious, self-confident chutzpah might have mattered, per the Ruth and the Tamar stories!)

The woodchuck is not fauna native To the British Isles

In some instances deshingling may be a problem , but not normally.