This get the shot or pay rings bells with other history I read.
As we embark on another important year of commemorations surrounding Ireland’s War of Independence, it is important to remember that 2020 also marks the 175th anniversary of the start of the Irish … Famine (1845 to 1852).
For many, the term “taking the soup” is synonymous with the Famine story.
Protestant Bible societies set up schools in which starving children were fed, on the condition of receiving Protestant religious instruction at the same time.
As the food crisis deepened, some poor Catholic families had to choose between Protestantism and starvation. Those who converted for food were known as “soupers” or “jumpers”.
In reality, souperism was a rare phenomenon, but it had a lasting effect on the popular memory of the Famine. It also blemished the memory of relief work by many Protestants who gave aid without proselytizing (attempt to convert).
http://www.irishnationalcaucus.org/the- ... -the-soup/
We have a history in California too:
It's enough to drive you Daffy.