E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Terry Alts.
Insurgents of Clare, who appeared after the Union, and committed numerous outrages. These rebels were similar to “the Thrashers” of Connaught, “the Carders,” the followers of “Captain Rock” in 1822, and the Fenians (1869).
