10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUCKPENNIES»
Discover the use of
luckpennies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
luckpennies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
General view of the agriculture of the East Riding of ...
... clippings, luckpennies, &c. 500. £-5*. *. 8. No allowance is made for the
fhepherd,s wages, becaufe, on a grazing, where it is intended to put 600 fhecp, it
is fuppofed, that the fhepherd canjhave the keep of 60 more, in lieu of wages.
Amount ...
Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, 1794
2
Farm Life; or, Sketches for the Country
Does any employer, who gives up the management of a large capital to such a
man, think that such a wage places his bailiff above the temptation of perquisites,
commissions, deductions, and “ luckpennies” ?——If he does, we do not. N ow let
...
3
General View of the Agriculture in the County of Argyll, and ...
... each 3 O 8 Gatherings, clippings, luckpennies, &c. 500 £.S2 ~ No allowance is
made sor the shepherd's wages, because, on a grazing, where it is intended to
put 600 sheep, it is supposed, that the shepherd canjhave the keep of 60 more, ...
4
The Daughter of an Empress
They plundered the luckpennies of all mankind, and coined them into money
adorned with their likenesses, and now all mankind run after this money, thinking:
' If I gain that, then shall I have recovered my part of human happiness which
once ...
5
University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review
English visitors in Rome, attending a concert at the Sala Dante, or buying prints
at the Government Stamperia, or casting their luckpennies into the Fountain of
Trevi, were few of them aware that within a stonethrow could be found a man full
of ...
6
Turf-fire Stories: And Fairy Tales of Ireland
... hub on the stick. When I was gettin' a sign to hang over the dure I «as puzzled
what to name it. All of a sudden I thought of how I thricked the three knowin' boys
out o' three luckpennies on the same day for the wan 196 TURP-FIRE 8TOBIES.
7
The Marketing of Northern Ireland Agricultural Produce: A ...
The same private bartering, " dividing of differences," and disputing over "
luckpennies " takes place. There are more people present and therefore more
persons available for taking part in the " making of the deal " ; in fact at every deal
there is ...
Northern Ireland. Ministry of Agriculture, 1932
8
Reminiscences of the royal burgh of Haddington and old East ...
Most of the grain bought in the market was stored in granaries and carted away
during the week ; hence arose the custom of giving luckpennies or " couping till."
The principal Edinburgh and west-country bakers, as well as the town and ...
9
Good Words and Sunday Magazine
he went on, making to move to the door of the hut where lay the symbol of his
love and the token of her surrender. “Wait! wait!” she cried, standing to her feet
and approaching him. “Is that all there is in the bargain? Are there no
luckpennies at ...
Norman Macleod, Donald Macleod, Hartley Aspden, 1899
... and cattle — some of the buyers from as far away as England — and
afterwards drank up their luckpennies in smelly taverns and turned the usually
quiet nighttime into a bedlam of noise and confusion and unaccustomed bucolic
merriment.
Alberta. Dept. of Education, Ford, Theresa M, Alberta Heritage Learning Resources Project, 1979
