Note 45 — ALDERMEN OF SKINNERS’ ALLEY.

Leaping out of a window voluntarily was formerly by no means uncommon in the country parts of Ireland:—some did it for fun—others for love: but it was generally for a wager. Very few serious accidents occurred in consequence of these exploits, there being generally a dunghill, or some other soft material, under the windows of country gentlemen’s lodges—the tumble was, in truth, more dirty than dangerous; dislocation being the utmost injury I was accustomed to see resulting therefrom.