Cabbage - [kab-ij] Chiefly British 1. a. cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim. 2. slang - verb. To steal; pilfer: He cabbaged whole yards of cloth.

Cove - (kəʊv) Brit, Austral 1. old-fashioned , slang - a fellow; chap.

Cabbaging Cove: A scoundrel keen on pilfering [from the annals of not-so-distant history]!

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  1. cabbagingcove: Irish Peasants, and the Jaunting or “Outside Car” Jaunting cars were light carts once used as a primary mode of transportation in Ireland. You can still take a “Jarvey” ride in many parts of the country as a scenic tour. Killarney has a notable number of jaunting car drivers thanks to their picturesque lakes. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online, Photochrom Collection.

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    Irish Peasants, and the Jaunting or “Outside Car”

    Jaunting cars were light carts once used as a primary mode of transportation in Ireland. You can still take a “Jarvey” ride in many parts of the country as a scenic tour. Killarney has a notable number of jaunting car drivers thanks to their picturesque lakes.

    Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online, Photochrom Collection.

  2. Irish Spinner and Spinning Wheel  Co. Galway, Ireland, 1890s Irish history is so much richer than the bastardization found in the bars of America every year… [Source: Library of Congress “Views of Ireland” Collection.]

    Irish Spinner and Spinning Wheel 

    Co. Galway, Ireland, 1890s

    Irish history is so much richer than the bastardization found in the bars of America every year…

    [Source: Library of Congress “Views of Ireland” Collection.]

  3. Peasant Farmer of Central Ireland Ca. 1890-1900, County unknown. [Source: Library of Congress “Views of Ireland” Collection.]

    Peasant Farmer of Central Ireland

    Ca. 1890-1900, County unknown.

    [Source: Library of Congress “Views of Ireland” Collection.]

  4. Irish Peasants, and the Jaunting or “Outside Car” Jaunting cars were light carts once used as a primary mode of transportation in Ireland. You can still take a “Jarvey” ride in many parts of the country as a scenic tour. Killarney has a notable number of jaunting car drivers thanks to their picturesque lakes. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online, Photochrom Collection.

    Irish Peasants, and the Jaunting or “Outside Car”

    Jaunting cars were light carts once used as a primary mode of transportation in Ireland. You can still take a “Jarvey” ride in many parts of the country as a scenic tour. Killarney has a notable number of jaunting car drivers thanks to their picturesque lakes.

    Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online, Photochrom Collection.

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