Stubble farm; or, Three generations of English farmers, by the author of 'Ernest Struggles'.Tinsley Brothers, 1880 |
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a-head barn beans beer Betsy blacksmith Bob Loveday breakfast called carter chaff coat colts coming corn cows Dean dinner door drop drover dun cob ewes Farmer Strong father gentleman give Gosty hand hare head Headstrong Hodge horses hounds hurdles inquired Jack Jack Planting Jemmy's Joe Dobbs John Lingwood jump lambs land landlord little Ernest little Harry look luncheon lurcher Master Harold missis morning mother navvies never nice nose Number o'clock old Blackbird Old Jemmy peas pigs poor pulled rabbits Radford railway Ramsbottom Red Bull replied ring RINGING THE BULL rooks round says Jemmy sheep shepherd shillings smock-frock soon squire stable stick stoat stop straw Stubble Farm Suffield swedes tail tell there's to-day to-morrow told Tom Strong trot Tug and Tickle walked whilst William Strong Woolly Boy yard
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Page 129 - The men sit on one side and the women on the other. There is not a single white man in the building.