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Show Old Enollih Labor Cuitomi. In his "History of Coal Mining." a W. Galloway points out that what ip-pear ip-pear In be traces ot a prlmlllvo slits of servitude existed In Slaffordiblre, where the laborer emploied In the haulage ot coal continued to be known ns "bondsmen" n nnmo probably coming down Irani a remote period, a aupposlllon which receives auprcrt from n peculiar service required ot them, known ns "biilldaios," Tbll oomlsted In working at times In the morning without receiving any pir-ment pir-ment boyond a drink of alo, Thla custom cus-tom ot exacting labor without pay li iiippoiod to represent somo faetsnt service required from their Kanta by tho monka of Ihe Abbey of liulld-was, liulld-was, In Shropshire, whence lbs nimo wai derived. |