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In this country the Irishman need not "fear to speak of '98," and in this country he still treasures the memory of the whippings and pitch-caps of Major Beresford's riding-house, and other pleasant souvenirs of the way in which, sixty years ago, loyalty dealt with rebellion.
His successor, General Lake, who was responsible for pitch-caps, receives a gentle, a very gentle, reprimand. "The United Irishmen had affected the fashion of short hair.
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