L I I\I 



L I M 



bowels or glands, vifcitl phlegm, calculous concretions, or coimties of Clare and Tipperary, being fcparated from the 



putrefaclioii ; and commended for the feurvy, fcrophulat, former by the river Shannon, on the weit by Kerry, on the 



gravel, confumptions, empyema-allhma, arthritis vaga, iouth by Cork, and on the sail by Tipperary. Its length 



cedematous fwellings, diabetes, fiuor albus, fluxes, &c. and from eail to weft is 40 Irifh (51 Englifli) miles. its 



outwardly for difcafes of the (\dn, ulcers, gangrenes, &c. breadtli from north to fouth 2) Irifh (32 Englifli) miles. 



It may be taken to the quantity of a pound, once, twice, 

 or thrice a day ; or ufed for commoi) drink. See Dr. Al- 

 fton's Diflertation on Quick-lime, and Lime-water, Edinb. 



1752. See LiTIJONTIUPTIC. 



L.im-IViiter. in Gardening, an ufefulkind of water, which 

 is prirpared by flaking cauitic lime in foft water, in the pro- 

 portion of half a peck of the former to thirtv-two gallons 



It contains 386,750 acres, or 604 fquarc miles Irifh, equal 

 to 622,975 2cres, or 970 fquare miles Englifh. There are 

 125 panthes, which by unions form 60 benefices, of which 

 7,7, only had parifh churches at the time Dr. Beaufort pub- 

 iilhed. The parifhes are mollly in the diocefes of Limerick, 

 and Emly. The population was flated by Dr. Beaufort at 

 170^000, but it mult have confiderably increafcd. The 



of the latter, letting them remain fome time before they are foil of Limerick is extremely good for tillage, and very pro 



made ule of, ftirring them well, two or three times a day, 

 for two or three days. It is a liquid which, when the lime 

 has fiibfided, is found highly ufeful in clearing fruit-trees 

 from the ravages of the Aphis puceron, or vine-fretter. It 

 fhould be applied once a dav by means of an engine, fo as 



dudive of grafs ; elpecially thofc grounds which are called 

 the coreacl.'s, whole fertih'ty is proverbial, and is caufed by 

 the rich manure which is annually depofited by the over- 

 flowings of the Shannon. The heaviell and fatteil bealls 

 that are flauglitered at Cork are fed in this county; much 



to be thrown as much as pofTible on llie under fides of the butter is exported from it ; the orchards produce a very fine 



leaves, and with confiderable force, prefhng the fore finger £yder, and it is by no means deftitute of trees and planta- 

 lipon the end of the pipe, to make it ipread like fm:i.il rain, tions. The patture fvftem, which has been on the decline 

 Esd taking care that every part of the tree be well watered, in mod parts of Ireland fince the introduftion of cora 

 It fhould be done as much as poffible in cloudy weather, and bounties, propofed by that enlightened friend of his country, 

 when the fun is off the walls. Where the trees have an the Rt. Hon. John Foiler, when chancellor of the exche- 

 earterly afpeft, they may be watered about half-pall eleven quer, ftill continues in Limerick, but is on the decline, 

 o'clock in the forenoon, and in a northern one, the firit Even when Mr. Young wrote in 1778, he obferved a great 



thing in the mornings but in a fouthern afpeft, about four increafe of tillage ; " thrice the corn grown that there was, 



o'clock in the afternoon. But when northerly ov eallerly formerly ; much pafturage broken up on this account, fome 



winds and frolly nights prevail, it fhould be difcontinued till bullock land and fome llicep land." The fame inteUigenL 



the weather becomes mild. The trees fhould always get dry writer alfo fpeaks of improvement in the ftate of the poor, 



before night, and never be watered when the fun is upon but this ihil wants amelioration. Limerick, though diver- 



them. Care mull likewife be taken that the grounds of the fified by fmall hills, is not at all mountainous, except on the 



lime be not made ufe of, as it would make the trees have a foutli-eafl, where it is bounded bv the Galtees, a ridge o£ 



difagreeable appearance, and perhaps be injurious. See formidable mountains, that extend into Tipperary, and oa 



Puceron and Vike-fretter. the borders of Kerry, where it grows uneven, and forms a. 



LiME-W-'ori, fuch works or kilns as are conftantly em- grand amphitheatre of low but Ifeep mountains, which ex- 

 ployed in the maimfafturing of lime. A late writer has tends in a wide curve from Logliil to Drumcollohen. In the 

 thought it neceffary, that the managers of eltates fiiould firft of thefe rifes the river Maig, which crofies the county^ 

 iinderlland the nature of this fort of manufacture, though and fills into the Shannon ; as do many fine llreams by which 

 it is feldom necefiary or eligible for a large proprietor of it is plentifully watered. In the vvelfcrn hills are the fourcea 

 land to carry on his own lime-works, " unleis during a of the Feale and the Gale, which run weflward through, 

 limited time, at the ouffet of new works, to afcertain their Kerry, and oix\\c Black water which flows in a contrary di- 

 value," as there are always enterprifing men who will give rcftion through the countv of Cork. Limerick is the 

 more rent for a vvork, than the profits arifing from it to a countv town ; for which fee the next article. There are 

 proprietor, even when under the direction and management no other towns of confequence. A colony of palatines from, 

 of the moft faithful perfon. They and the lands attached Germany was fettled in this county about a century ago^ 

 to them fhould ra'her be confidered by fuch proprietors as by a former lord Southwell. Of thefe Mr. Young men- 

 farms, the building of kilns and (beds as erefting farm tions fome particulars which are interefting. " Thev have 

 offices, and the laying out and conftrufting of roads, rail- in general leafes for three lives, or 3 1 years, and are not 

 ways, &c. as general improvements of their ellate ; the cottars to any farmer, but if they vvork for them, are paid ia 

 tenants agreeing to work the quarries agreeable to articles, money. The quantities of land are fmall, and fome of them. 

 and to keep the kilns, building, and roads in ftates of pro- ha"e their feeding land in common by agreement. They are 

 per repair. different from the Irifh in fevcral particulars ; they put their 



Lime, in Geography, a town of America, in Grafton potatoes in with the plough in drills, horle-hoe them while 



county. New Hainpthire, fituated on the E. bank of Con- growing, and plough them out. One-third of the dung doe.'? 



nefticut river ; 12 mil s N. of Daitmouth college, and con- in this method, for they put it only in the furrows, but the 



taining 13 18 inhabitants. crops are not fo large as in the common method. They 



LIMER, Lyemmer, or Lime-houn:!. See Blood- plough without a driver : a boy of twelve has been knowu to 



HouN'D and Doc. plough and drive four horfes, and fome of them have a hep- 



LIMERICK, ill Geography, a county of Ireland, in per in the body of their ploughs, which fows the land at 



the province of Muntter, called from the town of the fame the fame time it is ploughed. Their courfe of crops, i, Po- 



name, which was, from the earliefl times in Irifh hiiiory, a tatoes, 2. AVheat, 3. Wheat, 4. Oats ; or i. Potatoes,, 



place of confiderable importance. At the time when the 2. Barley, 3. Wheat, 4. Oats: in which management they 



Irifh chieftains did homage to Henry II. Daniel O'Brien, keep their laud many years, never laying it out as their 



king of Limerick, was of the number. This prince ap- neighbours do. They prcferve fome of their Germaiv 



pears to have been alfo fovereign of Clare, which was then cultoms ; they ficep between two beds: they appoint a. 



called Thomond. Limerick is bounded on the north by the burgomavler, to whom they appeal in cafe of all dilgutes j. 



