OF SCOTCH AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. 23 



MID-LOTHIAN. 



40. Parish of Ratho. Ploughman. — A. B. Family above ten years, 4 ; 

 below, 2. Takes meals at home. Rent included in wages. Yearly wages, 

 J. 26 per annum ; wages of family, one at £4, 10s. Keeps a pig. 



Breakfast, porridge and milk, or tea and bread and herrings ; family, 

 porridge and milk. Dinner, broth and beef ; family, broth. Tea and bread 

 and butter ; family, none. Supper, bread and cheese ; family, porridge and 

 milk. Health good. 



41. Parish of Kirkliston. Railway Labourer. — A. K. None ofvhis 

 family are at home. Breakfast and supper at home; takes all his meals at 

 home on Sunday. Rent free. Weekly wages, 18s. Wife does not work. 

 Keeps poultry. 



Breakfast, tea and bread and butter. Dinner, before rinderpest made milk 

 so scarce, he took milk and bread and cheese, now beer and bread and cheese; 

 family, when at home, take broth and bread with beef or cheese. Tea, bread 

 with tea, or broth, or porridge with milk, sugar, or beer ; wife takes tea and 

 bread. Health very good. 



Remarks. — This labourer is employed as a "gaffer" on the railway. 



42. Parish of Cramond. Ploughman.— J . W. No family. Takes n eals 

 at home. Rent free. Yearly wages, £34. No cow, pig, or poultry allowed. 



Breakfast, porridge and milk. Dinner, vegetable broth, or bter and bread. 

 Tea with bread and butter. Supper, porridge with milk or sugar. Health 

 good. • 



Remarks. — In suburban parishes it is often difficult for the labouring classes 

 to obtain a regular supply of milk, as the adjoining large towns consume the 

 whole supply, either by contract or by giving a better price for the article. 



HADDINGTONSHIRE. 



43. Parish of Haddington. Labourer. — J. R. Family above ten years, 

 3 ; below, 2. Takes meals at home. Rent free. Weekly wages, 12s. ; wages 

 of family, 15s. Keeps cow and pig. 



Breakfast with family, porridge and milk. Dinner, herrings and potatoes, 

 or pork, broth, and bread, or bread, cheese, and milk. Tea and supper in 

 one meal — parents, tea and bread and a piece of pork, or porridge and milk ; 

 family, porridge and milk. Health very good. 



Remarks. — Where no cow is kept £5 to £Q is allowed in lieu. thereof. No 

 poultry are allowed. In East Lothian generally, the hind has £11 in money 

 and a free house and garden, besides potatoes, barley, beans, and oatmeal. 



PEEBLESSHIRE. 



44. Parish of Eddleston. Ploughman. — D. B. Family above ten years, 

 2 ; below, 1. Takes meals at home. Rent free. Yearly wages, £20 in 

 money, 8 stones barley, 128 stones potatoes, fuel carted free, and 3| pints 

 sweet milk daily. Keeps a pig. 



Breakfast with family, porridge and milk, and tea and bread afterwards. 

 Dinner with family, milk and potatoes, or broth and potatoes, and bacon 

 occasionally. Supper, porridge and milk, or cheese and bread and milk ; 

 family, porridge and milk. Health good. 



ROXBURGHSHIRE. 



45. Parish of Castleton. Labourer. — R. N. Family above ten years, 1 ; 

 below, 2. Takes meals at home. Rent £2, 10s. per annum. Weekly wages, 

 15s. Keeps cow and poultry. 



Breakfast, porridge and milk, and tea with bread and butter ; family the 



