... 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... Irish Emigration and the Tenure of Land in Ireland - Сторінка 35автори: Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of Dufferin and Ava - 1867 - 402 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
| 1846 - 706 стор.
...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...meat, except at Christmas, Easter, and Shrovetide. ' Some go in search of employment to Great Britain 'during the harvest, others wander through Ireland... | |
| 1837 - 656 стор.
...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 milk, but...meat, except at Christmas, Easter, and Shrove-tide. " ' Some go in search of employment to Great Britain during the harvest, others wander through Ireland... | |
| 1842 - 624 стор.
...day. There are even instances of persons being driven from hunger to seek sustenance in wild herbs. They sometimes get a herring, or a little milk, but...meat, except at Christmas, Easter, and Shrovetide. " Some go in search of employment to Great Britain during the harvest, others wander through Ireland... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1843 - 850 стор.
...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 at Christmas, Easter, and Shrovetide ; some go in search of employment to Great Britain during the harvest — others wander through Ireland... | |
| Thomas Matthew Ray - 1846 - 272 стор.
...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...MEAT, EXCEPT AT CHRISTMAS, EASTER, AND SHROVE-TIDE. " Some go in search of employment to Great Britain during the harvest ; others wander through Ireland... | |
| John C. Cobden - 1853 - 528 стор.
...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...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 - 1856 - 446 стор.
...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...meat except at Christmas, Easter, and Shrovetide.™ Some go in search of employment to Great Britain during the harvest, others wander through Ireland... | |
| 1864 - 670 стор.
...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...meat except at Christmas, Easter, and Shrovetide.' This was the description given of the great majority of the Irish people in 1834 by the commissioners... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 стор.
...are even instances of persons being driven by hanger to seek sustenance in wild herbs. They sometime! get a herring or a little milk, but they never get meat except ax Christmas, Easter, and Shrovetide. Some go in search of employment to Great Britain during the harvest,... | |
| William Lucas Sargant - 1872 - 338 стор.
...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...meat except at Christmas, Easter, and Shrovetide. Some go in search of employment to Great Britain during the harvest, others wander through Ireland... | |
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