Rent collectors had a hard time collecting the rent from many of their tenants. Those unable to pay would pack their furniture and belongings on to a cart and leave after dark. They were known as moonlight flittens.
Moonlight flittens
Rent collectors had a hard time collecting the rent from many of their tenants. Those unable to pay would pack their furniture and belongings on to a cart and leave after dark. They were known as moonlight flittens.