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Borough Hill

Hillfort

Folklore

JACKSON'S PIG.
"It's gone over Borough Hill (an extensive Roman encampment near Daventry) after Jackson's pig."
A common phrase in that neighbourhood when anything is lost.
From p354 of 'Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases' By Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854). Online at Google Books. 		Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
26th June 2007ce

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