THE PAUPERS' RIOT AND WHO LOVES ME ENOUGH
The Pauper’s Riot Being a true and Accurate account of the late Riot and Civil Commotion at the Shoreditch Workhouse, during which Foul Murder & Cannibalism occurred. The Paupers sat all wan and pallid, in the Shoreditch Workhouse squalid: and one of the number- Lurking Billy - gazing glumly into his Skilly, said “ Friends ain’t it a Fate most cruel, in this Christmas season to eat fin Gruel. ‘tis good roast beef an’ foamin’ beer wot we needs to give us Yuletide cheer!” Another spoke: saying “... Sign in to see full entry.