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Pronunciation: [fˈə͡ʊklənd] (IPA)

Folkland is a term that refers to a tract of land that is owned communally by a given social group, typically an agricultural community. Some popular synonyms for Folkland include common land, communal land, open land, public land, or simply common. These areas were typically used for grazing livestock or collecting wood for fuel. In some cases, areas of Folkland were used for ceremonial purposes, like festivals and other community gatherings. Today, some countries still maintain communal lands, such as Scotland's croft land and the Swiss Alpenweide. While these lands may not be as prevalent as they once were, the concept of shared land ownership is still an essential aspect of some societies.
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Ever since the days when our English forefathers dwelt in village communities in the forests of northern Germany, the idea of a common land or Folkland-a territory belonging to the whole community, and upon which new communities might be organized by a process analogous to what physiologists call cell-multiplication-had been perfectly familiar to everybody.
"The Critical Period of American History"
John Fiske
Townships budded from village or parish Folkland in Maryland and Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, just as they had done in England before the time of Alfred.
"The Critical Period of American History"
John Fiske
It witnessed the creation of a national territory beyond the Alleghanies,-an enormous Folkland in which all the thirteen old states had a common interest, and upon which new and derivative communities were already beginning to organize themselves.
"The Critical Period of American History"
John Fiske

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