Note 6 — THE IRISH CAPITAL.
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It was a part of the grim and ghastly humor of this extraordinary man,
"Who left what little wealth he had To found a home for fools or mad, And prove by one satiric touch No nation wanted it so much,"
to give nicknames, of which Cancerina was one, to the poor old wretches he met in his walks, to whom he gave charity.
Amongst Cancerina's sisters in misery were Stompanympha, Pullagowna, Friterilla, Stumphantha.