They cleaned their boots on a Sunday morning while the bells were ringing, and walked down to their allotments, and came home and ate their cabbage, and were as oblivious of the vicar as the wind that blew.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
In fact the allotments were generally paid in cash.
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie
14,597. Then the allotments were not entered in the accounts of wages at all?
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie