 ... so much to cover them ; their food commonly consists of dry potatoes, and with these they are at times so scantily supplied, as to be obliged to stint themselves to one spare meal in the day. There are even instances of persons being driven by hunger...  The Dublin Magazine - Page 2581842Full view - About this book
 | 1846 - 706 pages
...stint themselves to rme spare meal in the day. There are even instances of persons being driven by hunger to seek sustenance in wild herbs. They sometimes...others wander through Ireland with the same view. ' The wives and children of many are occasionally obliged to beg ; they do so reluctantly, and with... | |
 | Books - 1837 - 656 pages
...meal in the day. There are even instances of persons being driven by hunger, to seek subsistence on wild herbs. They sometimes get a herring, or a little...others wander through Ireland with the same view. * * * * * * " ' If, therefore, workhouses were determined upon for Ireland as an actual means of relief,... | |
 | Commerce - 1842 - 586 pages
...(the laborers and their families) are insufficiently provided with the commonest necessaries of life. Some go in search of employment to Great Britain during...others wander through Ireland with the same view. The wives and children of many are occasionally obliged to beg; they do so reluctantly and with shame,... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - Commerce - 1842 - 612 pages
...(the laborers and their families) are insufficiently provided with the commonest necessaries of life. Some go in search of employment to Great Britain during...others wander through Ireland with the same view. The wives and children of many are occasionally obliged to beg; they do so reluctantly and with shame,... | |
 | Agricultural laborers - 1842 - 380 pages
...stint themselves to one spare meal in the day. There are even instances of persons being driven by hunger to seek sustenance in wild herbs. They sometimes get a herring or a little milk, but never meat, except at Christmas, Easter and Shrovetide. Some go in search of employment to Great Britain... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1843 - 856 pages
...of persons being driven by hunger to seek sustenance in wild herbs ¡ they sometimes get a herriug or a little milk, but they never get meat, except...others wander through Ireland with the same view. The wives and childreu of many are occasionally obliged to beg — they do so reluctantly, and with... | |
 | Thomas Matthew Ray - Crime - 1846 - 272 pages
...STINT THEMSELVES TO ONE SPARE MEAL IN THE DAY. THERE ARE EVEN INSTANCES OF PERSONS BEING DRIVEN BY HUNGER TO SEEK SUSTENANCE IN WILD HERBS. THEY SOMETIMES...others wander through Ireland with the same view." P. 4. " The wives and children of many are occasionally obliged to beg. They do so reluctanly and with... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Foster - Ireland - 1846 - 992 pages
...stint themselves to one spare meal in the day. There are even instances of persons being driven by hunger to seek sustenance in wild herbs. They sometimes...get a herring, or a little milk, but they never get meal, except at Christmas, Easter and Shrovetide." As one remedy for this horrible condition these... | |
 | John C. Cobden - Labor - 1853 - 528 pages
...stint themselves to one spare meal in the day. There are even instances of persons being driven by hunger to seek sustenance in wild herbs. They sometimes...meat, except at Christmas, Easter, and Shrovetide." The peasant finds himself obliged to live upon the cheapest food, potatoes, and potatoes of the worst... | |
 | Sir George Nicholls - Poor laws - 1856 - 446 pages
...stint themselves to one spare meal in the day. There are even instances of persons being driven by hunger to seek sustenance in wild herbs. They sometimes...others wander through Ireland with the same view. The wives and children of many are occasionally obliged to beg, but they do so reluctantly and with... | |
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