NataliaShevchuk Jun 5, 2016:

There's nothing to fight over The old woman justifies her beggarship pointing at her young partner, mother of two baby twins, and implying that they have to pay a head tax too.

beermatt Jun 5, 2016:

Ok, as a non-native, I'm always on the defensive, but in this case, I see no reason to give up without a fight.
To The Misha:
Yes of course, "душа" officially only extends to serfs as defined before 1861, so "подушный оброк " is formally also limited to serfs, but from the piece of lingo the "gypsy" is spitting, she is trying to imply that "каждая душа" as in "каждый человек" should give her money.
I.e. "weirdly, incorrectly, brokenly" using perfectly standard Russian expressions of the time in her own individual way and for her own use without any understanding of the correct usage.

The Misha Jun 5, 2016:

It's not "от каждой души" It's PER "every soul". It does seem to be head tax.
https://www.google.com/search?q=head tax&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

beermatt Jun 4, 2016:

in this case "which is everyone's due", i.e. a payment due from everyone
("от каждой души")