tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post1481354987507166665..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Farming the poorCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-84614910218747623732009-11-13T16:04:44.056+00:002009-11-13T16:04:44.056+00:00I hadn't thought of that, but I'm sure you...I hadn't thought of that, but I'm sure you're right since tax farming involves very much the same idea. It still sounds so incongruous though, once applied to people.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-44477306469152104322009-11-13T08:52:05.524+00:002009-11-13T08:52:05.524+00:00Might this terminology be connected to/derived fro...Might this terminology be connected to/derived from the French 'tax farmer(s)/farming'? <br />Lived in a converted workhouse in Somerset once. However comprehensively refurbished, the overall atmosphere remained grim. For many people out of work, 'grim' doesn't even begin to describe how things are - and may become.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com