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Mens hearts were full of gladness, and their bellies full of beer
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318:He asked "what do you want for Christmas, boys?"
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610:, in Donovan, Stephen; Rubery, Matthew (eds.),
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125: To watch their charges feast;
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1128:Timeline of the English Poor Law system
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659:Edwardian Fiction: An Oxford companion
523:"'Twas Christmas Day in the Poorhouse"
121: Although the wind is east,
110:For with clean-washed hands and faces,
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123:Have come in their furs and wrappers,
112: In a long and hungry line
98:It is Christmas Day in the Workhouse,
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706:– the full poem at the Victorian Web
131:To be hosts at the workhouse banquet
16:1877 monologue by George Robert Sims
337:List of Christmas-themed literature
119:And the guardians and their ladies,
1138:List of poor law unions in England
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387:Kemp, Mitchell & Trotter 1997
1194:Workhouses in the United Kingdom
1143:List of poor law unions in Wales
994:Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order
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737:T'was Christmas in the Workhouse
727:Recitation by Robert C. Hilliard
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436:. Wales Online. 20 December 2011
1123:Historiography of the Poor Laws
716:In The Workhouse: Christmas Day
306:lay stretched out on the ground
80:. As a popular and sentimental
33:In the Workhouse: Christmas Day
1117:Christmas Day in the Workhouse
1052:Huddersfield workhouse scandal
842:Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
785:Poor laws of the British Isles
731:Victor Talking Machine Company
704:Christmas Day in the Workhouse
545:"Christmas Day in Grey Gables"
497:"Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)"
325:O, tidings of comfort and joy
271:, the happiest day of the year
178:Christmas Day in the Workhouse
173:Christmas Day in the Workhouse
127:To smile and be condescending,
114:The paupers sit at the tables,
37:Christmas Day in the Workhouse
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1148:List of Irish poor law unions
289:O, tidings of comfort and joy
1100:National Assistance Act 1948
964:Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845
739:– parody version recited by
680:Victorian Christmas in Print
628:Higginbotham, Peter (2012),
292:It was Christmas day in the
267:It was Christmas Day in the
222:, which had been founded by
139:Lines 1-16, as reprinted in
1199:Works by George Robert Sims
959:Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
877:Relief of the Poor Act 1782
867:Relief of the Poor Act 1696
719:public domain audiobook at
663:, Oxford University Press,
277:He said "you can take your
102:With garlands of green and
61:column under the pseudonym
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1080:Royal Commission (1905–09)
631:The Workhouse Encyclopedia
282:And stick it up your....."
47:by campaigning journalist
1047:Andover workhouse scandal
989:Outdoor Labour Test Order
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746:George R. Sims Collection
320:And the eunuchs answered:
153:The poem tells of an old
606:Broadview Press (2012),
416:Sims, George R. (1879).
1075:Liberal welfare reforms
1057:Union Chargeability Act
954:Royal commission (1832)
651:; Mitchell, Charlotte;
501:Internet Movie Database
51:and first published in
1042:Local Government Board
791:Poor laws by territory
683:, Palgrave Macmillan,
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1067:Decline and abolition
634:, The History Press,
308:When in strolled the
245:Oh! What a Lovely War
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887:Overseer of the poor
872:Poor Relief Act 1722
862:Poor Relief Act 1662
857:Poor Relief Act 1601
852:Poor Relief Act 1597
677:Moore, Tara (2009),
589:Christmas: A History
472:Broadview Press 2012
141:The Dragonet Ballads
84:, the work has been
35:", better known as "
1032:Poor Law Commission
882:House of correction
723:(multiple versions)
614:, Broadview Press,
312:, and gazed at his
300:were standing round
213:The Pictorial World
67:The Dagonet Ballads
1024:Changes after 1834
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984:Board of guardians
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302:While hundreds of
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507:23 December
440:23 December
259:The Archers
254:BBC Radio 4
54:The Referee
1189:Monologues
1169:1877 poems
1163:Categories
1004:Opposition
404:Moore 2009
343:References
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74:workhouses
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348:Citations
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