| Buttermilk |
Liquid left after butter has been churned from
milk or cream. |
| Calico |
Course unbleached cotton cloth. |
| Clerk |
An employee who performs clerical work. |
| Consumption |
Disease Causing wasting of the body, form of tuberculosis. |
| Corporal Punishment |
Physical punishment applied to the body, such
as slapping. |
| Destitute |
Having no means of support. |
| Diphtheria |
Infection of the heart and nervous system acquired
by contact with an infected person. |
| Dropsy |
Swelling of the body caused by retention of fluid
in tissue. |
| Drugget |
A fabric woven from wool, formally used for clothing. |
| Flannel |
Soft woven cloth of wool and cotton. |
| Frieze |
Coarse, shaggy woollen cloth. |
| Ground Seine |
A large commercial fishing net that is weighed
so that it hangs vertically in the water. |
| Idiot |
An inmate of the workhouse who was classed as
having mental health difficulties. |
| Indian Meal |
Coarse ground corn. |
| Labourer |
A person who does unskilled physical work for
wages. |
| Molasses |
Thick brown syrup made from sugar. |
| Muffler |
A heavy scarf. |
| Nominal Charge |
An insignificantly small amount. |
| Outdoor Relief |
Aid given to the poor who lived outside the workhouse. |
| Pauper |
A poor person. |
| Poor Law Union |
Area made up of a number of townlands with a workhouse
in the central market town. |
| Rationing |
A limiting of foods and luxury items because of
scarcity. |
| Refractory Ward |
A small dark room where inmates were sent as a
form of Punishment. |
| Register |
An official written record of names, events or
transactions. |
| Shelter Belts |
A barrier of trees and shrubs that protects crops
from winds and lessen soil erosion. |
| Shrouding |
Cloth used to wrap the dead for burial. |
| Tetanus |
An acute, sometimes fatal infection.
|
| Tuberculosis |
Infectious disease affecting the lungs. |
| Twill |
A fabric woven with diagonal parallel ridges. |
| Wincey |
A plain fabric of wool and cotton used especially
for warm shirts or skirts and pyjamas. |
