- crops.
Cottiers paid
their rent by
working for the
landlord while the
spalpeens (itinerant labourers) paid for short-term
leases through temporary day...
-
temporary labourers to Britain.
These seasonal workers or labourers,
known as
Spalpeens and
Tatie Hookers, were
often based on
extended family ties, and would...
- A spailpín (Irish: [ˈsˠpˠalʲpʲiːnʲ]),
anglicised as
spailpeen or
spalpeen, or "wandering
landless labourer" was an
itinerant or
seasonal farmworker in...
-
basic word
seems to be Germanic,
something to do with the work of a smith.
spalpeen – A
migratory labourer in Ireland. From spailpín.
tanist – The
deputy and...
-
Templehouse and Over the Moor to Maggie, and
Caoineadh an Spailpín (The
Spalpeen's Lament).
These are used
during the
flashbacks to Phoebe's
arrival at,...
-
which led to the break-up of his establishment."
Eoghan Rua then
became a
spalpeen [Irish spailpín], or
itinerant farm worker,
until he was 31
years old....
-
Quebec City.
Midge New
South Wales The
schooner ran
aground in
Oyster Bay.
Spalpeen British North America The ship was
wrecked on Cape Rosier. Her crew were...
- his leg. At Fair Oaks she
shouted "Arragh, go in, b'ys! Bate the
bloody spalpeens, and
revinge me
husband and God be wid yez." This
rallied the regiment...
-
always employ" (Chorus of Men) † 18. "Jig" (Peasants) † 18a. "Och, the
spalpeen! Let him drown!" (Chorus) † 19. "Oh have you met a man in debt" (Terence...
