Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'St Kilda' has mentioned 'World' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| [7] The story of St Kilda has attracted artistic interpretations, including Michael Powell's film The Edge of the World and an opera. | WIKI |
| [13] It became one of Scotland's six World Heritage Sites in 1986, and is one of the few in the world to hold joint status for both its natural and cultural qualities. | WIKI |
| [48] In the late 14th century John of Fordun referred to it as 'the isle of Irte (insula de Irte), which is agreed to be under the Circius and on the margins of the world'. | WIKI |
| At this time the islanders' isolation and dependence on the bounty of the natural world meant their philosophy bore as much relationship to Druidism as it did to Christianity. | WIKI |
| Even in the late 19th century, the islanders could communicate with the rest of the world only by lighting a bonfire on the summit of Conachair which would, weather permitting, be visible to those on the isles of Harris and the Uists, or by using the "St Kilda mailboat". | WIKI |
| In the face of the rock, south from the town, is the famous stone, known by the name of the mistress-stone; it resembles a door exactly; and is in the very front of this rock, which is twenty or thirty fathom [120 to 180 feet (37 to 55xc2xa0m)] perpendicular in height, the figure of it being discernible about the distance of a mile; upon the lintel of this door, every bachelor-wooer is by an ancient custom obliged in honour to give a specimen of his affection for the love of his mistress, and it is thus; he is to stand on his left foot, having the one half of his sole over the rock, and then he draws the right foot further out to the left, and in this posture bowing, he puts both his fists further out to the right foot; and then after he has performed this, he has acquired no small reputation, being always after it accounted worthy of the finest mistress in the world: they firmly believe that this achievement is always attended with the desired success.This being the custom of the place, one of the inhabitants very gravely desired me to let him know the time limited by me for trying of this piece of gallantry before I designxe2x80x99d to leave the place, that he might attend me; I told him this performance would have a quite contrary effect upon me, by robbing me both of my life and mistress at the same moment. | WIKI |
| Martin noted in 1697 that the citizens seemed "happier than the generality of mankind as being almost the only people in the world who feel the sweetness of true liberty",[17] and in the 19th century their health and well being was contrasted favourably with conditions elsewhere in the Hebrides. | WIKI |
| Of greater long-term significance to the islanders were the introduction of regular contact with the outside world and the slow development of a money-based economy. | WIKI |
| One of the world's largest colonies of northern gannets, totalling 30,000 pairs, amount to 24 per cent of the global population. | WIKI |
| [35] A few Soays have been exported to form breeding populations in other parts of the world, where they are valued for their hardiness, small size and unusual appearance. | WIKI |