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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 460 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JOHN 0' See also:

GROAT (adapted from the Dutch groot, great, thick; cf. Ger. Groschen; the Med. Lat. grossus gives Ital. grosso, Fr. gros, as names for the coin)

GROAT'S See also:

HOUSE, a spot on the See also:

north See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

CAITHNESS

Caithness, See also:

Scotland, 14 M. N. of See also:

WICK

Wick and 14 m. W. of Duncansby See also:

Head. It is the mythical site of an octagonal house said to have been erected See also:

early in the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by one John See also:

GROOT, GERHARD (1340—1384)

Groot, a Dutchman who had migrated to the north of Scotland by per-See also:

MISSION

mission of See also:

James IV. According to the See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, other members of the Groot See also:

FAMILY

family followed John, and acquired lands around Duncansby. When there were eight Groot families, disputes began to arise as to See also:

PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence at See also:

ANNUAL

annual feasts. These squabbles John Groot is said to have settled by See also:

BUILDING

building an octagonal house which had eight entrances and eight tables, so that the head of each family could enter by his own See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door and sit at the head of his own table. Being but a few See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

south of Dunnet Head, John o' Groat's is a colloquial See also:

TERM

term for the most northerly point of Scotland. The site of the traditional building is marked by an outline traced in See also:

TURF

turf. Descendants of the Groot family, now Groat, still live in the neighbourhood.

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