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083.01when it's hatter's hares, mon, for me, to advance you something
–083.01+Mad Hatter and March Hare: characters in Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (from Colloquial phrase mad as a hatter: Colloquial phrase mad as a March hare: quite insane) [082.36]
–083.01+Hitler [082.36]
–083.01+Monday [082.36]
–083.01+man
083.02like four and sevenpence between hopping and trapping which
–083.02+four shillings and seven pence (i.e. 55 pence) [084.04]
–083.02+Colloquial phrase hopping mad: extremely angry [082.36]
083.03you might just as well have, boy baches, to buy J. J. and S. with.
–083.03+Johann Sebastian Bach: 18th century composer, had several sons who also became composers (two of whom were also called Johann)
–083.03+Italian per Bacco!: by God! (mild oath; literally 'by Bacchus')
–083.03+German Bach: brook
–083.03+Welsh bach: little
–083.03+John Jameson and Son: Irish whiskey
083.04There was a minute silence before memory's fire's rekindling and
–083.04+two minutes of silence observed on Armistice Day
083.05then. Heart alive! Which at very first wind of gay gay and whisk-
–083.05+phrase heart alive! (expression of surprise or shock)
–083.05+J.J. [.03]
–083.05+whiskey
083.06wigs wick's ears pricked up, the starving gunman, strike him
–083.06+Earwicker
–083.06+(following starvation in grave) [078.35]
083.07pink, became strangely calm and forthright sware by all his lards
–083.07+swore
–083.07+lard: the fat of swine
–083.07+Thomas Babington Macaulay: Lays of Ancient Rome: Horatius at the Bridge (poem): 'Lars Porsena of Clusium By the nine gods he swore' [084.15]
–083.07+lords
083.08porsenal that the thorntree of sheol might ramify up his Sheo-
–083.08+pork: the flesh of swine
–083.08+personal
–083.08+Zakkum: in Muslim theology, a thorny bitter-fruited tree growing in hell and serving as the only food for the damned
–083.08+tree (Motif: tree/stone) [.10]
–083.08+Sheol: in Jewish theology, the grave, the underworld, hell
–083.08+ramify: (of trees and similar structures) to branch out, to form branches
–083.08+(up his rectum)
–083.08+shofar: a Jewish musical instrument made from a ram's horn
–083.08+Old English heofon: heaven
083.09fon to the lux apointlex but he would go good to him suntime
–083.09+Joyce: Dubliners: 'Grace': 'Lux upon Lux'
–083.09+a point of law
–083.09+appointed
–083.09+Latin lex: law
–083.09+do good
–083.09+sometime
083.10marx my word fort, for a chip off the old Flint, (in the Nichtian
–083.10+phrase mark my word: remember what I am saying for it will come true [.15]
–083.10+Karl Marx
–083.10+for it
–083.10+phrase a chip off the old block: someone who resembles their parents in some way
–083.10+flint stone [.08]
–083.10+Robert Flint: 19th-20th century Scottish philosopher (wrote, among other things, books about Socialism (1894), focusing on Karl Marx, and about Vico (1884))
–083.10+German nicht: not
–083.10+German nichtig: invalid, empty
–083.10+Tadhg Ó Neachtain: author of an 18th century Irish dictionary
083.11glossery which purveys aprioric roots for aposteriorious tongues
–083.11+glossary (from Greek glossa: tongue, language)
–083.11+Jespersen: An International Language 41n: (quoting the late Dr. Henry Sweet) 'the ideal way of constructing an a posteriori language would be to make the root-words monosyllabic... and to make the grammar a priori in spirit as well as form'
083.12this is nat language at any sinse of the world and one might as
–083.12+not language in any sense of the word
–083.12+Danish nat: night (Ellmann: James Joyce 590: (of Joyce talking about Joyce: Finnegans Wake) 'To Ernst Robert Curtius he said, "The night world can't be represented in the language of the day"')
–083.12+John 1:29: (of Jesus) 'Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world'
083.13fairly go and kish his sprogues as fail to certify whether the
–083.13+kiss
–083.13+Anglo-Irish phrase ignorant as a kish of brogues (literally 'ignorant as a basket of shoes')
–083.13+Danish sprog: language
–083.13+brogue: a strong dialectal, especially Irish, accent
–083.13+Anglo-Irish pogue: kiss
083.14wartrophy eluded at some lives earlier was that somethink like a
–083.14+war trophy
–083.14+alluded to some lines earlier
–083.14+something
083.15jug, to what, a coctable) and remarxing in languidoily, seemingly
–083.15+to wit
–083.15+Obsolete coct: to boil, digest, bake
–083.15+remarking [.10]
–083.15+languid
–083.15+Langue d'oïl: Romance dialect of Northern France
–083.15+oily
083.16much more highly pleased than tongue could tell at this opening
–083.16+VI.B.5.081g (r): 'chance of a lifetime'
–083.16+Irish Independent 14 Jun 1924, 5/7: (advertisement for the Irish Free State's Savings Certificate) 'The Chance of a lifetime!'
–083.16+phrase chance of a lifetime: an extremely fortuitous opportunity
083.17of a lifetime and the foretaste of the Dun Bank pearlmothers
–083.17+Red Bank oysters
–083.17+German Perlmutter: mother-of-pearl, a smooth iridescent material produced by certain molluscs
083.18and the boy to wash down which he would feed to himself in
–083.18+Slang the boy: champagne
083.19the Ruadh Cow at Tallaght and then into the Good Woman at
–083.19+Irish ruadh: red
–083.19+VI.B.5.041b (r): 'Red Cow Tallaght'
–083.19+Irish Independent 10 Jun 1924, 4/6: 'Dublin's Old Inns and Taverns': 'On a night in December 1717, a party of O'Byrnes pitched their quarters in an inn called The Red Cow. The premises nestled where the coach road by the base of Tallaght Hill winds to Blessington. Attacked by the military the besieged fought for twelve hours'
–083.19+VI.B.5.041d (r): 'Good Dame Ringsend'
–083.19+Irish Independent 10 Jun 1924, 4/6: 'Dublin's Old Inns and Taverns': 'cockles, oysters and shrimps that might be tasted "in their purity" at the sign of The Good Woman in Ringsend' [.17]
083.20Ringsend and after her inat Conway's Inn at Blackrock and, first
–083.20+in at
–083.20+VI.B.5.041e (r): 'Conway's Tavern Blackrock'
–083.20+Irish Independent 10 Jun 1924, 4/6: 'Dublin's Old Inns and Taverns': 'Vanished also is Conway's Tavern, that rose in the Main street of Blackrock. For long it commanded esteem for its annual melon festival'
–083.20+phrase first of all: before anything else, most importantly
–083.20+(in Christianity, as a result of Adam and Eve's transgression (the Fall), all humans are born into a sinful state (the Original Sin)) [.22]
083.21to fall, cursed be all, where appetite would keenest be, atte,
–083.21+by all
–083.21+Middle English atte: at the
083.22funeral fare or fun fain real, Adam and Eve's in Quantity Street
–083.22+Motif: alliteration (f)
–083.22+Motif: The Letter: grand funeral/fun-for-all
–083.22+Irish fé'n riaghail: under the government, under religious rules
–083.22+Archaic fain: gladly, with pleasure
–083.22+VI.B.5.041g (r): 'Adam & Eve' [.20]
–083.22+Irish Independent 10 Jun 1924, 4/6: 'Dublin's Old Inns and Taverns': 'the taverns of Adam and Eve and the Struggler in Cook street'
–083.22+J.M. Barrie: Quality Street (1901 play)
–083.22+Quality Row, Dublin
083.23by the grace of gamy queen Tailte, her will and testament: You
–083.23+Grace O'Malley, the prankquean [021.05]
–083.23+gamy: spirited, plucky
–083.23+Slang gammy: bad; lame
–083.23+Tailte: mythical queen of the Firbolg, in whose honour Tailteann games were established (ran until the 12th century and revived for a short time in the 1920s-1930s)
083.24stunning little southdowner! I'd know you anywhere, Declaney,
–083.24+south-downer: a breed of sheep noted for its fine wool and meat (originally reared on the South Downs of Sussex, not far from Sidlesham) [030.06]
–083.24+Saint Declan: 5th century Irish saint
–083.24+Delaney or Delacey
083.25let me truthfully tell you in or out of the lexinction of life and
–083.25+(alive or dead)
–083.25+Battle of Lexington, 1775
–083.25+lexicon
–083.25+extinction
083.26who the hell else, be your blanche patch on the boney part!
–083.26+Colloquial phrase who the hell: who (intensified)
–083.26+by
–083.26+French blanche: white (feminine)
–083.26+white patch [093.04] [488.30]
–083.26+(bald patch)
–083.26+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...patch on...} | {Png: ...patch! on...}
–083.26+Napoleon Bonaparte
083.27Goalball I've struck this daylit dielate night of nights, by golly!
–083.27+gold
–083.27+day, night (opposites)
–083.27+delight
–083.27+night of nights [087.35]
–083.27+VI.B.3.052e (r): 'by Golly!'
083.28My hat, you have some bully German grit, sundowner! He
–083.28+Slang bully: excellent, first-rate
–083.28+Australian Colloquial sundowner: a tramp who arrives at a station about sundown under the pretence of seeking work, to obtain food and a night's lodging
–083.28+sundowner: an alcoholic drink taken at sunset
–083.28+southdowner [.24]
–083.28+Motif: 4-stage Viconian cycle (?) [.28-.30] [311.31-.33] [363.17-.19]
083.29spud in his faust (axin); he toped the raw best (pardun); he
–083.29+spat in his fist (Irish practice of spitting into the palms of the hands before shaking them to conclude a deal)
–083.29+Anglo-Irish Pronunciation axin: asking
–083.29+Archaic tope: to drink heavily
–083.29+pardon
083.30poked his pick (a tip is a tap): and he tucked his friend's leave. And,
–083.30+pickpocket
–083.30+phrase take French leave: to go away (or do anything) without permission or notice
–083.30+sleeve
–083.30+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...And, with...} | {Png: ...And with...}
083.31with French hen or the portlifowlium of hastes and leisures, about
–083.31+hen, fowl (birds)
–083.31+portly
–083.31+portfolio
–083.31+proverb Marry in haste and repent at leisure: a rushed marriage is regretted for a long time
–083.31+letters
083.32to continue that, the queer mixture exchanged the pax in embrace
–083.32+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...that, the...} | {Png: ...that the...}
–083.32+(opponents merged)
–083.32+Latin pax: peace
083.33or poghue puxy as practised between brothers of the same breast,
–083.33+Anglo-Irish pogue: kiss
–083.33+Greek pux: with closed or clenched fist (as in boxing)
–083.33+VI.B.14.202m (o): 'frères du même sein'
–083.33+Delafosse: L'âme Nègre 20: 'Il y avait autrefois deux frères de même sein qui habitaient dans le village de leur père' (French 'There were once two brothers of the same breast who lived in the village of their father')
083.34hillelulia, killelulia, allenalaw, and, having ratified before the
–083.34+hill
–083.34+halleluia
–083.34+kill
–083.34+song Lillibullero: (refrain) 'Lillibullero bullen a la' (a 17th century English song mocking Irish Catholics; the refrain is said to be a garbled version of some Irish phrase of the period)
083.35god of the day their torgantruce which belittlers have schmall-
–083.35+(sun)
–083.35+Irish tuargain: battering, bombardment
–083.35+two-gun truce
–083.35+German schmal: narrow
–083.35+Schmalkaldic War: a war between Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor) and the Schmalkaldic League (alliance of Lutheran princes), 1546-1547 [.36]
083.36kalled the treatyng to cognac, turning his fez menialstrait in the
–083.36+called
–083.36+treaty
–083.36+War of the League of Cognac: a war between Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor) and the League of Cognac (formed by France, England, the Pope, and several Italian states via the Treaty of Cognac), 1526-1530 [.35]
–083.36+face
–083.36+fez: a Turkish felt cap
–083.36+Fez: city, Morocco
–083.36+Menai Strait, Wales [084.02]
–083.36+menial
–083.36+straight


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