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INDEX. 



Barley consumed (Scotland), in 



in the United Kingdom, Total 



of, 170 



Barns, Sleeping in, 147, 149 

 Bath, 190 



Marquis of, 274 

 Ecans, Hoeing of, 23 



in the United Kingdom, total 



of, 170 

 Beastmen, 2 



Bedding, etc., allowances, 93 

 Bedfordshire, 9, 13, 24, 26, 34, 



36, 49, 54, 60, 149, 153 

 Bedroom nine feet square, 203 

 Beds overcrowded, 195 

 Beef consumed, 58, 111-2, 137-8 

 Beer allowance, 32-3, 35 



at harvest, 87 



expenditure, 62 



free, 37 



money, 37, 81 

 Benefit societies, 63-74, 79. 88- 



90, 114 



Benevolence, 246-8 

 Bere Regis cottages, 200 

 Berkshire, 2, 3, 9, 13, 15, 24, 27, 

 34, 36, 49, 54, 60, 97, 149, 



153 



depopulation, 47 

 Berwick, 93, 96, 103, 105, 107-8, 



no, 149, 153 

 Best wages, 5 

 Bideford, 266 

 Bird scaring, 220 

 Blackberry gathering, 255 

 " Black suit," The peasant's, 291 

 Blandford, 195, 245 

 Blanket clubs, 63 

 " Blanket Loan Club," 291 

 Board and lodging, Value of, 



102-4, 133 

 Boarding in farmhouses, 6, 13, 



18, 85, 92, 94, 102, 123, 



132 



Boll system, 99, 100 

 " Bondagers," 16 

 " Bondage system," The, 94 

 Bond for " credit," The pig, 293 

 Bonus at harvest (Ireland), 127 

 " Bonus " payments, 80 



for live foals, 29 

 Boots, Cost of (Scotland), 113 

 ! dispensed with (Ireland), 139 

 Border counties, The, 15, 93-5, 99, 



107, 114 

 Bothies, Temporary (Ireland), 



150 



Bothy system, The, 93-94, 99 

 " Bound tenants," 78 

 Boyle, Mr., 202 



Union, 134 

 Boys, Employment of (Ireland), 



123 



from reformatory schools, 78 

 Bread consumed, 58, 111-2, 137 



home baked, 59 



" Breaks " in fences, Repairing, 8 

 Brecknockshire, 84-5, 87, 153 

 Breeding districts, 5 

 Bridgwater, 268 

 Brighter world, A, 178 

 Bristol, 190 

 " British man's house his castle," 



1 80 



Brock wool, 101 

 Brooding spirit of reform, 296 

 Brook carries contagion, Village, 



204 



Broth, 88 

 Buckinghamshire, 3, 9, 15, 24, 36, 



49, 54, 60, 149, 153 

 Burrington, 279 

 Butcher's meat on Sundays, 230 



offal, 183 



Butcombe cottages, 202 

 Bute, 95, 103, 105-6, 108, no, 



153 



Butter consumed, 58 

 (Ireland), 137, 138 

 (Scotland), in 

 making (Scotland), 113 

 milk gratis (Ireland), 143 

 Byremen, 17, 51, 91 

 Byrewomen, 17, 95 



CABBAGE in the United Kingdom, 



Total of, 170 

 Cabbages, Hoeing, 23 

 Caithness, 93, 103-5, 108, 110, 153 

 " Call ye that water ! " 275 

 Calving season, 6 

 Cambridgeshire, 4, 9, 13, 20, 24, 

 33-4, 36, 40, 49, 54, 60, 

 147-8, 153 



North, 9-10, 14-15, 29, 37, 149 

 Cannington, 268 

 " Capital " of a pig club, 298 

 Cardigan, 76-8, 84-5, 87, 153 

 Care of clothes, 292 

 Carlow, 131, 133, 153 

 Carmarthen, 78, 84-5, 87, 153 



West, 76 



Carnarvonshire, 75, 77, 79, 84-5, 

 87, 153, 155 



