Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Myth No.5: 'In the workhouse you had to work' In return for food, clothing, and a bed paupers in the workhouse had to work. For the men,
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Tanya Wynne al Twitter: "Primary Source material from Carrickmacross Workhouse-children clothes and a “stirabout” pot and the mass grave of all those that died in the Workhouse. #jchist #histedchatie https://t.co/ODwpQnAH2M" / Twitter
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