A lasting fame in his name

Captain Charles Boycott was an English owner of land in Ireland in the 1880’s who had a dispute with the local Irish who harvested his land. The local Irish then refused to harvest the crops on his land. From this situation we now have the phrase ‘to boycott’.

(The Great Courses – Victorian Britain)

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  1. Roxy

    Parfait comme fononionnemett.Bcn, le programmateur de l’arrosage est assez loin du routeur.Une solution pour connecter les 2 à distances ???Genre une prise ethernet en wifi ?

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