Note 52 — THE LAST OF THE GERALDINES.
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When it was sought to make a child remember any thing long and circumstantially, it was the custom in Ireland either to whip him three or four times, duck him in cold water, or put him into a bag, with his face only out, and hang it up against a wall for a whole day. Such an extraordinary and undeserved punishment made an impression on the fresh tablet of the youngster’s mind never to be erased.