Blimey.
Steigl writes:
“They had a way with words back in Census 1871, just a wee snapshot of some of the descriptions used under the Religion / Note tab from a parish in Meath…”
The ‘Witch’ anyone?
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Blimey.
Steigl writes:
“They had a way with words back in Census 1871, just a wee snapshot of some of the descriptions used under the Religion / Note tab from a parish in Meath…”
The ‘Witch’ anyone?
More here
I think ‘idiot’ was used more specifically at the time, and would actually translate to ‘has a learning disability’ or similar today.
Beats his wife.
How did they know unless they caught him at it. I suppose back then you could probably beat the wife in the street and not much was done about it.
Now you have to beat her on the upper deck of a Dublin Bus, progress.
Unmarried = Witch.
They didn’t like independent women back then. They were seen as a threat to marriages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDlaJ4Y8UXY
That time machine you use to prepare your anecdotal ‘facts’ is wasted on you
….or possibly something to do with “cow doctor”…..
I think my favourite so far is Labourer Drunkard – sounds like a great job
The Witch term would likely refer to her profession as cow doctor. A lot has changed in farming since then, but some farmers still go to ‘healers’ to cure the dreaded red water (a blood disease caused/carried by a tick, kills an animal is as little as 48 hrs)
Fond of a drop.
Fond of a glass.
Fond of…
I’d like to see the full scale here.
I think ‘drop’ pretty much implies the whole bottle.
Excellent headline