oggbashan
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Kent, formerly Cantia, an English county (contains Ogs and other people).
Three of the rare Brythonic Celtish words which have survived in English.
Kent has a unique distinction. The motto on its coat of arms is "Invicta" or "Unconquered" because after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 the Kentish Fyrd (militia) opposed William the Conqueror's march on London and refused to let him pass unless he agreed that they could keep their peculiar (in both senses of the word) laws and customs. He agreed. That meant that Kent remained prosperous after the Conquest because their laws of inheritance ensured that properties remained whole and undivided. Unfortunately it didn't exempt them from taxation!
Kent has a historic division. Those from West and North of the River Medway are Kentish Men, those from East and South are Men of Kent.
I'm an immigrant, having been born in Wales of parents from the City of London, but my daughters are Maids of Kent (as opposed to Kentish Maids). The first two were born a couple of miles South of the Medway, but the third was born on the Isle of Thanet, very definitely in Maid of Kent territory. Granddaughter is a Maid of Kent but sounds like an Essex Girl (I blame the other grandparents who live in Essex), and new grandson is a Man of Kent.
Canterbury is "The burgh of the Cantii", and is the burial place of the Kings of Kent.
Og
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