Would they forego their white, wheaten bread, and eat rye bread in its place?
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
They gave him a wheaten loaf to eat, And after that a can of beer; And they a' cried, with one consent, "Eat, brave Noble, and make gude cheir!
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
"Then they went out of the inn, with pots and pitchers and loaves of wheaten bread for their companions who had stayed round the man with the white beard, he who was waiting amid the lances.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell