The Dead Boxer

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Excerpt: One evening in the beginning of the eighteenth centuryas nearly as we can conjecture, the year might be that of 1720some time about the end of April, a young man named Lamh Laudher ORorke, or Strong-handed OEorke, was proceeding from his fathers house, with a stout oaken cudgel in his hand, towards an orchard that stood at the skirt of a country town, in a part of the kingdom which, for the present, shall be nameless. Though known by the epithet of Lamh Laudher, his Christian name was John; but in those time(s) Irish families of the same name were distinguished from each other by some indicative of their natural position, physical power, complexion, or figure. One, for instance, was called Parra Ghastha, or swift Paddy, from his fleetness of foot; another, Shaun Buie, or yellow Jack, from his bilious look; a third, Micaul More, or big Michael, from his uncommon size; and a fourth, Sheemus Ruah, or red James, from the color of his hair.

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