The pig, the crathur, won't get fat; he ATES everything he can reach, and still he looks like a basket wid a skin over it.
"Fairies and Folk of Ireland"
William Henry Frost
"I hate these no-ATES," he was saying.
"The Privet Hedge"
J. E. Buckrose
He's strong, handy, and willing, and not the sort of a lad to kape where there's an empty larder; but if he ATES well, he works well; so more power to his elbow, and double rations, wid all my heart!
"Seven Frozen Sailors"
George Manville Fenn