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hearth-penny
hearth-penny Hist. Also 1 heorðpeniᵹ, -pening, 3 hert-, hurt-, hurdpeny, hurpeny. [So called because chargeable on every dwelling-house.] 1. The payment also called Peter's pence and Rome-scot, anciently made to the Pope.c 1000 Edgar's Laws ii. c. 4 (Schmid) Sy ælc heorð-peniᵹ agifen be Petres mæsse... Oxford English Dictionary
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John Hollingshead
During this time, Hollingshead and his friend Moy Thomas began publishing a penny paper called The Mail that proved unsuccessful. Other pieces at Hollingshead's Gaiety in 1870 included Dot (Dion Boucicault's version of The Cricket on the Hearth); and The Princess of Trebizonde, based wikipedia.org
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hertpeny
hertpeny, -ston obs. ff. hearth-penny, -stone. Oxford English Dictionary
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Peter's Pence
It was applied by the Normans to Ireland as a 'penny per hearth' annual tax in the later part of the twelfth century under the Papal Bull Laudabiliter. At that time, Canute was collecting a levy of one penny on each hearth or household, using a means test requiring that the household have an annual rental wikipedia.org
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hearth
▪ I. hearth1 (hɑːθ) Forms: 1 heorð, herth, (4 erþe), 4–6 herth(e, 5–7 harth(e, 6– hearth. [OE. heorð str. masc. = OFris. herth, herd, OS. herth, (MDu. heert, haart(d), MLG. hert, Du. haard, LG. heert, heerd); OHG., MHG. hert, Ger. herd floor, ground, fireplace:—WGer. *herþoz. (In Sc. and north. dial... Oxford English Dictionary
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Penny rug
Sometimes a penny was stitched inside the mat to make it lie flat. Not all penny rugs were meant to cover the floor. Many were meant as hearth rugs, with darker colors to disguise dirt and burn marks. wikipedia.org
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Hearth tax
England Middle Ages The hearth-penny was an Anglo-Saxon term for Peter's pence. hearth tax. wikipedia.org
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Waffle iron
Waffles would be held at a distance and baked over the hearth fire. In 1869, American Cornelius Swartwout patented the stove-top waffle iron. Kliembach sold waffles for a penny each or ten cents for a dozen. This was popular at the Chicago World's Fair. wikipedia.org
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Di Penates
When the family had a meal, they threw a bit into the fire on the hearth for the Penates. See also Hestia Penny Penates References Tutelary deities Ancient Roman religion Roman deities Deities in the Aeneid Household deities wikipedia.org
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Charles Reade
Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was a British novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Lieutenant-Commander Gould's collections of curiosities—the charm of useless knowledge," going on to say that Reade was a man of what one might call penny-encyclopaedic wikipedia.org
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47 morto che parla
The surly baron too will find a way to soften his hearth. In fact, every time Antonio has to spend even a penny to buy something, he complains of unnecessary waste, exclaiming: "And I pay, and I pay!!" wikipedia.org
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Lucie Armstrong
been published in Lady's Pictorial, The Globe, Womanhood, The Court Journal, The Ludgate Monthly, The Woman's Signal (and its predecessor, Women's Paper Penny ), John Bull, Belgravia, London Society, Chapman's Magazine of Fiction, The Sketch, Pall Mall Budget, Hearth and Home and several provincial journals. wikipedia.org
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Bob Cratchit
Oldman in the 2009 animated version A Christmas Carol Ashleigh Ball (as Rainbow Dash) in the 2016 series of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode A Hearth's If a gold pound is today $600... then a penny is $2.50 USD and a shilling is $30. wikipedia.org
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Kingsland, London
In 1672, Kingsland had 28 householders assessed for hearth tax, but expanded rapidly in the 18th century, along the line of Kingsland Road, north of the Kingsland had a six-penny bath and a leper hospital, south of the green, also known as the 'Lock Hospital'. wikipedia.org
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Aberglasney
The house stayed in the family's hands for a few generations, but allegiance to the crown during the English Civil War and high hearth tax (with 13 chimneys which based on an archaeological survey in 1999 took the possible age of the site back to the 13th century, with the discovery of a silver Long Cross Penny wikipedia.org
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