a race of disobedient children, a progeny of beggars, a nation of bare subsisters on the soil

Many of the lads, however, have a much speedier method of either adding to their store of food or losing their egg. They jaup or jarp them together, i.e. one lad strikes his egg against that of his opponent, when one or both are broken

Does the sedition catch from man to man?

Before this time, a bitter plant, called ale-hoof, and others, were used in brewing.