as a result of living off of mainly fishing and subsistence farming, anguillians had little money to hire labor for plowing, or "holing ground" as it was locally called. instead, a communal effort called "jollification" would provide the labor for such a task. several neighbors and friends of the person who needed the help would gather and work together to prepare the ground. this labor would be paid for in demijohns of rum which would be available at the jollification.with little money, anguillians could hardly the exorbitant duties on rum - a gallon of rum purchased in st. martin for 3 shillings in the 1930s would cost 20 shillings including tax. instead of paying this, the majority of the fishing boats began to smuggle at night. although the majority of the cargo was rum, staples including flour, rice and sugar were also smuggled.