He collected food rather than grew it.
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Night cartsThe "night cart" man collected human waste from houses every day in the 1920's in NZ.
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my grandmother told me when i was little that he collected rags and sold rags. he collected rags to sell to ladies for cleaning. that ladies had only so many old rags and when they needed more the rag man had them... this was before scott towels
A rag and pot man was a rag gatherer who exchanged pots for rags, bones, old glass etc. In the morning the rag gatherer would collect earthenware pots and pans from the rag merchant. With these he would walk round - often as much as twenty miles - calling at likely houses to exchange pots for rags etc. At the end of the day he returned to the rag merchant's and was paid a few pence if the rags he had collected were worth more than the pots he had given out. In 1849 1/6d (7.5p) was regarded as a very good return for a day's work. See page 5 of "The Yorkshire Textile Districts in 1849", Angus Bethune Reach, Edited by Chris Aspin, Helmshore, 1974 for a detailed account
One can find rags for sale online at Rag-Bone, Limited Papers and UC Community. One can also find rags online at American Made Hats, Rag and Bone Bindery and Red Rag Gallery UK shop.
A doll usually made of rags. Most rag dolls have yarn hair as well.
They used cloths, or rags, which were washed and reused.
Nag Rags was established in 1987.
The term "rag" may have originated from the cheap quality of paper used in early newspapers that resembled cloth rags. Additionally, the term "rag" can also be used informally to convey a sense of disreputability or sensationalism associated with tabloid newspapers.
"RAGS" are the stringy central portion and membranous walls of a citrus fruit.
The word that rhymes with snag but means an old cloth is "rag."
They used rags. That's why you might hear the term, "on the rag"
A "rag" is short for "ragtime," which in turn was short for "ragged time," because the syncopation characteristic of ragtime sounded "ragged" to listeners in those days.
The Rag Man was created on 1925-01-16.