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008.01enjoyable of our mounding's mass, now Wallinstone national
–008.01+mound's
–008.01+mountain's
–008.01+Wellington Monument: obelisk in Phoenix Park (not a museum)
–008.01+Pont National, Paris (Cluster: Bridges in Paris)
008.02museum, with, in some greenish distance, the charmful water-
–008.02+Waterloo
008.03loose country and the two quitewhite villagettes who hear show
–008.03+Colloquial loo: lavatory, water-closet (Joyce: Ulysses.15.3915: 'Waterloo. Watercloset')
–008.03+*IJ*
–008.03+here show off
–008.03+Motif: ear/eye (hear, show)
008.04of themselves so gigglesomes minxt the follyages, the prettilees!
–008.04+gigglesome: prone to giggling
–008.04+Latin minxit: (he/she/it) has urinated
–008.04+amidst the foliage
008.05Penetrators are permitted into the museomound free. Welsh and
–008.05+Motif: free/shilling (penetrators, free; soldiers, one shilling)
–008.05+museum
–008.05+mound
–008.05+Welsh, Irish, English (*VYC*) [.23]
008.06the Paddy Patkinses, one shelenk! Redismembers invalids of old
–008.06+Colloquial paddy: Irishman
–008.06+Colloquial Tommy Atkins: a private in the British army
–008.06+remembers
–008.06+dismembers
–008.06+Pont des Invalides, Paris (Cluster: Bridges in Paris)
–008.06+pensioners from Napoleon's 'Vieille Garde' (Old Guard) lived in the 'Hotel des Invalides', the location of Napoleon's mausoleum and tomb (Cambronne commanded a division of the Old Guard at the Battle of Waterloo)
–008.06+(let servicemen sit down in the train)
008.07guard find poussepousse pousseypram to sate the sort of their butt.
–008.07+French poussepousse: rickshaw (from French pousser: to push)
–008.07+(wheelchair for crippled war veterans to sit in)
–008.07+pram
–008.07+seat
008.08For her passkey supply to the janitrix, the mistress Kathe. Tip.
–008.08+(for key, apply to Kate (*K*)) [093.22-.23]
–008.08+Latin janitrix: female doorkeeper
–008.08+Archaic genitrix: female parent, mother
–008.08+Katherine Strong [079.27]
–008.08+Slang kate: picklock, skeleton key
–008.08+Irish cath: battle (Cluster: Battles)
–008.08+Motif: Tip (gratuity; rubbish-heap; cane tapping; *K*)
008.09     This the way to the museyroom. Mind your hats goan in!
–008.09+{{Synopsis: I.1.1A.K: [008.09-010.23]: the museyroom — the battle of Willingdone versus the Lipoleums and Jinnies}}
–008.09+(an old woman (*K*) conducting a party through a Wellington Museum, commemorating the Battle of Waterloo)
–008.09+(the Joyce family toured Waterloo in September 1926, coincidentally observed by Thomas Wolfe, who wrote in a letter: 'Joyce... walked next to the old guide who showed us around, listening with apparent interest to his harangue delivered in broken English, and asking him questions' (Ellmann: James Joyce 581n))
–008.09+This way... hats goan in (birth, head first; Motif: head/foot) [010.22-.23]
–008.09+museum
–008.09+mushroom
–008.09+going
–008.09+Battles of Goa, 1510 and 1638 (Cluster: Battles)
008.10Now yiz are in the Willingdone Museyroom. This is a Prooshi-
–008.10+Anglo-Irish yiz: you (plural)
–008.10+Freeman Freeman-Thomas, First Marquess of Willingdon: Governor-General of Canada (1926-1931) [.12]
–008.10+Wellington Museum (no such real-life museum)
–008.10+prayer Lord's Prayer: 'Thy will be done'
–008.10+Motif: This is (museum guide pointing at things, 57 times; *K*) [008.10-010.19]
–008.10+precious
–008.10+Prussian [009.18]
008.11ous gunn. This is a ffrinch. Tip. This is the flag of the Prooshi-
–008.11+Michael Gunn: 19th century founder and manager of the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin (one of Dublin's chief venues for plays, shows and pantomimes), as well as a friend of Joyce's father
–008.11+gun
–008.11+ffrench: a fairly rare Irish surname, traceable back to the 12th century Norman invasion and spelled with a lowercase double 'f' (e.g. the author of ffrench: Prehistoric Faith and Worship)
–008.11+French [009.19]
–008.11+Motif: Tip
–008.11+(rhythm of nursery rhyme The House That Jack Built)
008.12ous, the Cap and Soracer. This is the bullet that byng the flag of
–008.12+VI.B.15.101n (b): 'cap & soracer'
–008.12+Creasy: The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World 186: 'The Battle of Tours, A.D. 732': 'a decisive trial of strength between Frank and Saracen, in which the former conquered'
–008.12+cup and saucer
–008.12+Julian Hedworth George Byng, First Viscount Byng of Vimy: Governor-General of Canada (1921-1926) [.10]
–008.12+John Byng: British general who commanded a brigade at Waterloo
–008.12+(shot the flag)
008.13the Prooshious. This is the ffrinch that fire on the Bull that bang
–008.13+fired bullet
–008.13+John Bull: a personification of England
008.14the flag of the Prooshious. Saloos the Crossgunn! Up with your
–008.14+Battle of Salo, 1796 (Cluster: Battles)
–008.14+salute
–008.14+Battle of Loos, 1915 (Cluster: Battles)
–008.14+Crossguns Bridge, Dublin
008.15pike and fork! Tip. (Bullsfoot! Fine!) This is the triplewon hat of
–008.15+De Valera, when not a great many people rose in Easter 1916: 'if only the people had come out with knives and forks'
–008.15+Slang to put down one's knife and fork: to die
–008.15+Motif: Tip
–008.15+(bull, sport) [009.24] [010.15] [010.21]
–008.15+(won three times) [010.08]
–008.15+triple one (Motif: 111)
–008.15+hat trick: three consecutive successes (e.g. goals) in a sports game
008.16Lipoleum. Tip. Lipoleumhat. This is the Willingdone on his
–008.16+Greek lipos: fat, lard, tallow [.35]
–008.16+linoleum: a type of floor-cloth made by coating canvas with a preparation of oxidised linseed-oil
–008.16+Napoleon (wore a triangular hat)
–008.16+Latin oleum: oil
–008.16+Motif: Tip
–008.16+*E*
008.17same white harse, the Cokenhape. This is the big Sraughter Wil-
–008.17+Motif: white horse (a symbol associated in Ireland with William III of Orange and his victory at the Battle of the Boyne) [.19] [.22]
–008.17+Slang arse: buttocks
–008.17+VI.B.15.072k-l (o): 'Copenhapen Cokenhape' (Motif: Copenhagen)
–008.17+Creasy: The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World 412: 'The Battle of Waterloo, 1815': 'mounting a favourite charger, a small thoroughbred chestnut horse, named 'Copenhagen', Wellington rode forward' (i.e. Wellington's horse Copenhagen was not white, and neither was Napoleon's Marengo; Motif: Copenhagen)
–008.17+Sir Arthur Wellesley (Wellington)
–008.17+slaughter
008.18lingdone, grand and magentic in his goldtin spurs and his ironed
–008.18+Battle of Magenta, 1859 (MacMahon's victory; Cluster: Battles)
–008.18+majestic
–008.18+magnetic (like iron)
–008.18+Motif: 7 items of clothing [.18-.21]
–008.18+Battle of Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag), 1302 (Cluster: Battles)
–008.18+gold, tin, iron, brass (metals)
–008.18+Iron Duke: an epithet of Wellington
008.19dux and his quarterbrass woodyshoes and his magnate's gharters
–008.19+Latin dux: leader, guide
–008.19+duck trousers
–008.19+Battle of Quatre Bras, 1814 (French defeat, near Waterloo) (Cluster: Battles)
–008.19+Toast to William III of Orange: 'who saved us from... brass money and wooden shoes' ('us' being his loyal Irish unionist subjects) [.17] [.22]
–008.19+Magna Carta: a charter of rights granted by King John to his barons in 1215, often seen as a founding constitutional document of individual freedom and protection from absolute authority
–008.19+garters (Wellington was made a Knight of the Garter in 1813)
008.20and his bangkok's best and goliar's goloshes and his pullupon-
–008.20+vest: an upper-body undergarment, an undershirt
–008.20+French goliard: minstrel, jester
–008.20+VI.B.6.037a (r): 'Goliath' [.23]
–008.20+Joyce: Dubliners: 'The Dead': 'Goloshes... It's nothing very wonderful, but Gretta thinks it very funny because she says the word reminds her of Christy Minstrels'
–008.20+pull-up
–008.20+Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. (Cluster: Battles)
008.21easyan wartrews. This is his big wide harse. Tip. This is the three
–008.21+Battle of Waterloo, 1815 (Cluster: Battles)
–008.21+trews: close-fitting tartan trousers
–008.21+Motif: white horse
–008.21+Slang phrase arse over tip: upside down, head over heels (Motif: head/foot) [010.11] [010.21]
–008.21+Motif: Tip
–008.21+three Napoleons (Napoleon I, II and III; *VYC*)
008.22lipoleum boyne grouching down in the living detch. This is an
–008.22+Battle of the Boyne, 1690 (famous victory of the Protestant William III of Orange over the Catholic Jacobites; Cluster: Battles) [.17] [.19]
–008.22+boys
–008.22+Marquis Emannuel de Grouchy: French marshal at Waterloo
–008.22+crouching
–008.22+living death
–008.22+ditch
008.23inimyskilling inglis, this is a scotcher grey, this is a davy, stoop-
–008.23+VI.B.15.073a-b (o): 'grey scot inniskilling'
–008.23+Creasy: The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World 419: 'The Battle of Waterloo, 1815': 'Ponsonby's brigade of heavy cavalry (the Union Brigade, as it was called, from its being made up of the British Royals, the Scots Greys, and the Irish Inniskillings)' (i.e. Royal Scots Greys cavalry regiment and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers infantry regiment)
–008.23+Latin inimicus: enemy
–008.23+enemy-killing
–008.23+English, Scottish, Welsh (*VYC*) [.05]
–008.23+Sir William Inglis: a famous British officer in the Peninsular Wars
–008.23+angel, devil
–008.23+Slang scotcher grey, scotch grey: louse
–008.23+George Scotcher, Edward Grey and Sir Humphry Davy all published books about fly-fishing in Britain of the 19th century
–008.23+Davy: a name associated with the Welsh (after Saint David, patron saint of Wales)
–008.23+David slew Goliath [.20]
008.24ing. This is the bog lipoleum mordering the lipoleum beg. A
–008.24+*V* and *C* (or vice versa)
–008.24+big
–008.24+Irish mór: big, large, great
–008.24+murdering
–008.24+Irish beag: small
008.25Gallawghurs argaumunt. This is the petty lipoleum boy that
–008.25+Gallagher: an Irish surname
–008.25+Irish galgar: noisy argument
–008.25+Battle of Gawilghur, 1803 (Wellington) (Cluster: Battles)
–008.25+Battle of Argaum, 1803 (Wellington) (Cluster: Battles)
–008.25+argument
–008.25+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...argaumunt. This...} | {Png: ...argaumunt, This...}
–008.25+*Y* [009.36]
–008.25+French petit: small
–008.25+Petit Pont, Paris (Cluster: Bridges in Paris)
–008.25+pretty
–008.25+Victor Hugo: Napoleon le Petit (1852 attack on Napoleon III)
008.26was nayther bag nor bug. Assaye, assaye! Touchole Fitz Tuo-
–008.26+Anglo-Irish Pronunciation nayther: neither
–008.26+(neither big nor small)
–008.26+Battle of Assaye, 1803 (Wellington) (Cluster: Battles)
–008.26+Middle English assaye: try
–008.26+French assez, assez!: enough, enough!
–008.26+I say, I say
–008.26+touch-hole: a small tubular hole in a firearm, through which the charge is ignited
–008.26+Slang touch-hole: female genitalia
–008.26+too much
–008.26+Fitzthomas: an Irish surname
–008.26+Motif: Tom, Dick and Harry (phrase Tom, Dick and Harry: ordinary people; *VYC*)
–008.26+German Slang Muschi: female genitalia
008.27mush. Dirty MacDyke. And Hairy O'Hurry. All of them
–008.27+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...MacDyke...} | {Png: ...Mac Dyke...}
–008.27+Slang dyke: lavatory, water-closet
–008.27+Slang hairy ring: female genitalia
–008.27+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...O'Hurry...} | {Png: ...O' Hurry...}
008.28arminus-varminus. This is Delian alps. This is Mont Tivel,
–008.28+Battle of Teutoburg Forest, A.D. 9, between Germanic tribes led by Arminius and the Roman Empire led by Varus (Cluster: Battles)
–008.28+Dialect varmint: vermin; clever
–008.28+verminous
–008.28+Delia: a name applied to the Greek goddess Artemis, after the island of Delos, her birth-place
–008.28+Delian League: Greek confederacy under the leadership of Athens, organised 478 B.C.
–008.28+Julian Alps, North Italy
–008.28+the lying
–008.28+ALP (Motif: ALP)
–008.28+he fell
008.29this is Mont Tipsey, this is the Grand Mons Injun. This is the
–008.29+tipsy
–008.29+Latin ipse: he himself; just, mere
–008.29+Battle of Ipsus, 301 B.C. (Cluster: Battles)
–008.29+VI.B.15.071e (o): 'Mons Injun'
–008.29+Battle of Mont-Saint-Jean: the name the French army gave to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, from the name of a nearby farm (Cluster: Battles)
–008.29+Battle of Mons, 1914 (Cluster: Battles)
–008.29+man's
–008.29+Battle of San Juan Hill, 1898 (Cluster: Battles)
–008.29+engine
008.30crimealine of the alps hooping to sheltershock the three lipoleums.
–008.30+Crimean War (Cluster: Battles)
–008.30+crinoline used for hoop-petticoats
–008.30+ALP (Motif: ALP)
–008.30+hoping to shelter
–008.30+shell-shock
–008.30+Motif: 2&3 (three lipoleums, (pair of) jinnies; *VYC* and *IJ*)
008.31This is the jinnies with their legahorns feinting to read in their
–008.31+jenny: a pair of compasses, having the point of one leg bent inwards
–008.31+wrens of the Curragh: a loose 19th century community of women, mostly prostitutes, living on the plains of Kildare in close proximity to the Curragh military camp, so called because they slept in furze-covered ditches on the plains, as if 'nesting' (Colloquial jenny: wren)
–008.31+VI.B.10.108k (o): 'leghorn'
–008.31+Leghorn: an English name for Livorno, Italy (seized by Napoleon in 1796)
–008.31+leghorn: a type of straw hat (so called after Livorno from where it was imported)
–008.31+leg, leg [.32]
–008.31+Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876 (Cluster: Battles)
–008.31+feint: to make a diversionary attack
–008.31+feigning
008.32handmade's book of stralegy while making their war undisides
–008.32+handmaid's
–008.32+handbook
–008.32+Italian strale: arrow
–008.32+strategy
–008.32+astrology
–008.32+phrase make water: to urinate
–008.32+Colloquial undies: women's underwear
–008.32+underside
–008.32+on this side [.35]
008.33the Willingdone. The jinnies is a cooin her hand and the jinnies is
–008.33+[.33-.34] [333.16-.18]
–008.33+Motif: dove/raven (cooing, raven; *I*/*J*) [.34]
–008.33+Iseult of the Fair Hair (Iseult) and Iseult of the White Hands (Iseult of Brittany) were Tristan's lover and wife, respectively (*IJ*)
008.34a ravin her hair and the Willingdone git the band up. This is big
–008.34+Archaic ravin: robbery
–008.34+Slang get the wind up: become alarmed or anxious [009.09] [023.14]
–008.34+Slang get it up: French Slang bander: to have an erection
008.35Willingdone mormorial tallowscoop Wounderworker obscides
–008.35+Wellington Monument: obelisk in Phoenix Park (sometimes referred to as the Wellington Memorial)
–008.35+marmoreal: made of or resembling marble (Motif: A/O) [009.34]
–008.35+tallow (i.e. waxworks) [.16]
–008.35+telescope [178.28]
–008.35+(erection)
–008.35+wound
–008.35+Joyce: Ulysses.17.1819: 'The Wonderworker, the world's greatest remedy for rectal complaints'
–008.35+opposite
–008.35+off-side [.32]
008.36on the flanks of the jinnies. Sexcaliber hrosspower. Tip. This
–008.36+VI.B.15.071j (o): 'flanks *I*'
–008.36+Creasy: The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World 398: 'The Battle of Waterloo, 1815': 'the wood of Bossu... the possession of which... would have enabled Ney to operate destructively upon the allied flank and rear'
–008.36+Military flank: the extreme left or right side of an army in formation
–008.36+flank: the fleshy side of the torso between the ribs and the hips (Obsolete belly, womb)
–008.36+(horses are popularly viewed as having large penises)
–008.36+sex
–008.36+six-cylinder (car)
–008.36+Excalibur: King Arthur's magical sword
–008.36+caliber (of gun or telescope)
–008.36+Old Norse hross: horse
–008.36+horsepower [178.27]
–008.36+William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse: 19th century Irish astronomer and telescope-maker
–008.36+Motif: Tip


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