Assertion: lobster | /r/HasProperty | plentiful
Facets:
value: in new england
type: LOCATION
value: in colonial times
type: TEMPORAL
value: between the 17th and 18th centuries
type: TEMPORAL
value: as cockroaches
type: OTHER
value: in size
type: OTHER
value: traditionally
type: OTHER
value: in colonial america
type: LOCATION
value: in the 1800s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The lobster was so plentiful in the 1800s that Massachusetts servants demanded a clause in their contracts to prevent being fed it more than 3 times a week.
text: Lobster has traditionally been a plentiful food item, so plentiful in fact that it also served as bait to catch fish prior to the end of the 19th century.
text: • When the first European settlers reached North America, lobsters were so plentiful that they would reportedly wash ashore in piles up to 2 feet high.
text: " In Colonial America, lobster was so plentiful, people were sick of eating it.
text: Lobster was plentiful in oceans around New England, making it an extremely cheap food source.
text: Because lobster was so plentiful, they would wash up on the seashore in large piles after storms.
text: Lobsters were once so plentiful in New England that they could easily be caught right at the shore and were eaten mainly by poor people and prisoners.
text: Lobster History Learn all about the history of the lobster The History of the Lobster Centuries ago in North America, lobsters were so plentiful that Native Americans used them to fertilize their fields and to bait their hooks for fishing.
text: Before this time, it is clear that lobsters were plentiful and bigger in size and lived much longer than they do today.
text: Lobster used to be as plentiful as cockroaches.
text: It is difficult to be certain about what American prisoners were fed in the 19th century and earlier but it is claimed, by some accounts, that lobsters were so plentiful they washed up on American shores in large numbers and thus were served to prisoners every single day.
text: If lobster was so plentiful, and it was, then to feed it to prisoners seems as likely as feeding it to slaves, servants, or pigs.
text: Lobsters used to be so plentiful that after big storms they would pile up on shore.
text: Between the 17th and 18th centuries, lobsters were plentiful—too plentiful.
text: In Colonial times, they were so plentiful, they were actually considered a poor man’s food.
text: They were so plentiful that after a large storm they would often wash up on shore and be collected to be used as fertilizer in island gardens.
text: They were so plentiful that after a large storm they would often wash up on shore and be collected to be used as fertilizer in island gardens.