CASTLE LLOYD. 267 



Brought over 555 

 The eldeft child, 10 or 12 years old, 2d. a day 



for 253 days 



Other earnings of the family 

 A pig, bought at 75. fold at 475. 

 Poultry 

 One Calf 

 Two cwt. of butter 



15 12 6 

 Expences - - - - 111811 



Remains for unfpecified demands, cafualties, &c. 3 13 7 



Many of the poor here have no cows ; there 

 are cabbins on the road fide that have no land ; 

 the inhabitants of them are called fpalpeens, 

 who are paid for their labour in cafh, by the 

 month, &c. Some of them pay no- rent at all, 

 others los. a year ; and theie are the people 

 who hire grafs land for their potatoes ; it is 

 certain that the cottars are much better off 

 than thefe fpalpeens, who can get but little 

 milk, buying it part of the fummer half year 

 only of the dairy farmers. 



Tythes. Wheat, 8s, Bere, 73. Barley, 75. 

 Oats, 48. 6d. Potatoes, us. Meadow, 2s. 8d. 



Prices not in the talks. 



Womens labour, reaping, q.d. Other work, 

 3d. Making hand turf, 6d. Farming man's 

 wages, 3!. to 4!. Farming maid's ditto, il. 

 i2s. Mowing, per acre, as. 6d. to 35. in 



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