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274.01helm coverchaf emblem on. For the man that
–274.01+Obsolete coverchief: kerchief (Motif: kerchief or handkerchief)
–274.01+song The Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
274.02broke the ranks on Monte Sinjon. The all-
–274.02+Battle of Mont-Saint-Jean: the name the French army gave to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, from the name of a nearby farm
–274.02+(Motif: When is a man not a man... (first riddle of the universe))
274.03riddle of it? That that is allruddy with us,
–274.03+already
–274.03+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...us, ahead of schedule, which...} | {Png: ...us ahead of schedule which...}
274.04ahead of schedule, which already is plan accom-
–274.04+
274.05plished from and syne: Daft Dathy of the Five
–274.05+Dialect syne: since then
–274.05+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, Png: ...Daft...} | {BMs (47478-150): ...O'Connlath is mitriarch in Kildare. Daft...}
–274.05+Colloquial daft: foolish, stupid; crazy, insane
–274.05+Dathi: semi-legendary 5th century high king of Ireland, said to have been killed by lightning while crossing the Alps [.07] [.09]
–274.05+VI.B.36.219e ( ): 'the 5 positions'
–274.05+ballet has five basic positions (called first through fifth) [.08] [.F01] [.L02]
–274.05+(sexual positions)
274.06Positions (the death ray stop him!) is still, as
–274.06+VI.B.36.216b (o): 'death ray stops dance'
274.07reproaches Paulus, on the Madderhorn and,
–274.07+Jespersen: Language, its Nature, Development and Origin 161 (IX.1): (of Henry Sweet and Hermann Paul, linguists) 'Sweet. In 1882 he reproaches Paul'
–274.07+Matterhorn: a mountain in the Alps, between Switzerland and Italy [.05] [.09]
–274.07+Slang horn: erect penis, erection
274.08entre chats and hobnobs,1 daring Dunderhead
–274.08+ECH (Motif: HCE)
–274.08+VI.B.36.221b (o): 'entre chats'
–274.08+entrechat: a type of ballet jump, whereby the dancer leaps up in the air and beats the heels together a number of times [.05] [.F01]
–274.08+French entre: between, among; (he) enters
–274.08+French Slang chat: female genitalia, pussy (from French chat: cat)
–274.08+hobnobs: informal chats, familiar conversations
–274.08+Slang knob: penis [.F01]
–274.08+dunderhead: stupid person
–274.08+Dutch donder: thunder
274.09to shiver his timbers and Hannibal mac Hamil-
–274.09+phrase shiver my timbers!
–274.09+Motif: alliteration (h)
–274.09+Hannibal, son of Hamilcar (crossed the Alps) [.05] [.07]
–274.09+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, Png: ...Hannibal mac Hamiltan the Hegerite...} | {BMs (47478-134): ...Hannibal MacHamilcar is chasing Kate O' Carthydge around the Capuawalls. Hibrahim the Hegirite...}
–274.09+Variants: elucidations for variant: Katharine O'Shea: Parnell's lover and later his wife ^^^ Carthage (from where Hannibal came) ^^^ Capua: a city in Italy that defected from Rome to Carthage during the Second Punic War (Hannibal then made it his temporary winter quarters before the Romans reconquered it after a long siege) ^^^ Arabic Ibrahim: the biblical Abraham, considered a prophet in Islam
274.10tan the Hegerite2 (more livepower elbow him!)
–274.10+Mohammed's Hegira (flight from Mecca to Medina)
–274.10+Anglo-Irish phrase more power to his elbow!: well done! (expression of admiration and encouragement)
274.11ministerbuilding up, as repreaches Timothy,
–274.11+minster: the church of a monastery
–274.11+Ibsen: all plays: The Master Builder
–274.11+Timothy: companion of Paul
274.12in Saint Barmabrac's.3 Number Thirty two
–274.12+Saint Barnabas Terrace, Dublin
–274.12+Anglo-Irish barmbrack: a sweet yeast bread speckled with currants and raisins, traditionally associated with Halloween and often baked with a few small symbolic items in it (e.g. ring, coin, religious medallion) as a form of fortune-telling game (supposedly revealing what will happen to those who get them in the upcoming year, e.g. marry, have good fortune, take a religious vocation)
–274.12+Motif: 1132
274.13West Eleventh streak looks on to that (may
–274.13+street
274.14all in the tocoming of the sempereternal speel
–274.14+Dutch toekomende: future (adjective)
–274.14+becoming
–274.14+Latin semper: always
–274.14+sempiternal
–274.14+Scottish speel: to ascend, to climb
–274.14+Dutch speel: play
274.15spry with it!) datetree doloriferous which
–274.15+datepalm (Phoenix dactylifera)
–274.15+Obsolete doloriferous: causing pain
274.16more and over leafeth earlier than every
–274.16+moreover
–274.16+more than ever
274.17growth and, elfshot, headawag, with frayed
–274.17+elfshot: disease produced by evil spirits
–274.17+(top of tree)
274.18nerves wondering till they feeled sore like any
–274.18+(tree vandalised by children from house)
274.19woman that has been born at all events to the
–274.19+
274.20purdah and for the howmanyeth and how-
–274.20+Anglo-Indian purdah: curtain, especially one used to screen women from the sight of men
–274.20+(wondering at what the demons they were sliding along)
274.21movingth time at what the demons in that
–274.21+
274.22jackhouse that jerry built for Massa and Missus
–274.22+nursery rhyme The House That Jack Built
–274.22+jerry-built house
274.23and hijo de puta, the sparksown fermament of
–274.23+Spanish Slang hijo de puta: son of a bitch (Motif: Son of a bitch)
–274.23+German Pute: turkey hen
–274.23+firmament
274.24the starryk fieldgosongingon where blows
–274.24+Russian starik: old man
–274.24+Dutch rijk: rich; realm
–274.24+Fielding
–274.24+German vielgesungen: much-sung
274.25a nemone at each blink of windstill4 they
–274.25+anemone: a type of flower, commonly called windflower
–274.25+German Windstille: calm
–274.25+(the demons)
274.26were sliding along and sleeting aloof and
–274.26+Motif: 4-stage Viconian cycle (?)
274.27scouting around and shooting about. All-
–274.27+
274.28whichwhile or whereaballoons for good
–274.28+
274.29vaunty years Dagobert is in Clane's clean
–274.29+VI.B.3.092e (b): 'Dagobert educated at Slane (cf Brian O'Linn)' [274.32-275.02]
–274.29+Flood: Ireland, Its Saints and Scholars 83: 'Dagobert II., King of the Austrasian Franks, was educated at Slane'
–274.29+Dagobert II: 7th century king of Franks, educated at Slane
–274.29+Dagobert I: 7th century king of Franks, and probably the target of the 18th century comic French song Le bon roi Dagobert: 'Le bon roi Dagobert a mis sa culotte à l'envers' (French The Good King Dagobert: 'The good king Dagobert has put his breeches on backwards')) [274.32-275.02]
–274.29+Clane: village, County Kildare (Clongowes Wood College, where Joyce studied as a child from 1888 to 1892, is located nearby)
–274.29+Anglo-Irish Pronunciation clane: clean
274.30hometown prepping up his prepueratory
–274.30+preparatory
–274.30+Latin puer: child, boy
274.31and learning how to put a broad face bronzily
–274.31+phrase put a bold face on
274.32out through a broken breached meataerial
–274.32+breeches [275.01-.02]
–274.32+bridge material
274.F01     1 Go up quick, stay so long, come down slow!
–274.F01+(ideal ballet jump) [.05] [.08]
–274.F01+(ideal male sexual stamina) [.08]
–274.F01+Motif: up/down
–274.F01+VI.B.36.218c (o): 'stay up in air & come down slowly'
–274.F01+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...slow!} | {Png: ...slow.}
274.F02     2 If I gnows me gneesgnobs the both of him is gnatives of Genuas.
–274.F02+Motif: alliteration (gn)
–274.F02+Greek gnosis: knowledge
–274.F02+know
–274.F02+knee knobs
–274.F02+Latin genu: knee
–274.F02+VI.B.45.148a (o): 'gnation'
–274.F02+natives of Genoa
274.F03     3 A glass of peel and pip for Mr Potter of Texas, please.
–274.F03+Motif: Paul/Peter
–274.F03+Motif: Why do I am alook alike a poss of porterpease?
–274.F03+Archibald Clavering Gunter: Mr. Potter of Texas
274.F04     4 All the world loves a big gleaming jelly.
–274.F04+
274.L01Murdoch.
–274.L01+
274.L02Pas d'action,
–274.L02+Racine: Les Plaideurs I.1.15: 'point d'argent, point de Suisse' (French 'no money, no Swiss'; referring to Swiss soldiers)
–274.L02+VI.B.36.221c (o): 'pas d'action'
–274.L02+pas d'action: a pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the dramatic plot of a ballet (French pas d'action: action step) [.05]
–274.L02+French pas d'action: no action
274.L03peu de sauce.
–274.L03+French peu de sauce: little sauce, not much sauce
–274.L03+French peu de sauts: few jumps, not many leaps
274.L04From the seven
–274.L04+seven tints (seven colours of the rainbow; Genesis 37:3: 'Israel loved Joseph... he made him a coat of many colours')
274.L05tents of Joseph
–274.L05+Joseph and Mary: the parents of Jesus (Mary is the English form of her original Aramaic name Mariam; the Virgin Mary)
274.L06till the calends of
–274.L06+calends: first of the month in the Roman calendar
274.L07Mary Marian,
–274.L07+The Two Marys (*IJ*) [126.18]
274.L08olivehunkered
–274.L08+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...olivehunkered...} | {Png: ...olive-hunkered...}
–274.L08+eleven hundred and thirty-two (Motif: 1132)
274.L09and thorny too.
–274.L09+
274.L10As Shakefork
–274.L10+as Shakespeare might put it [295.03-.04]
274.L11might pitch it.
–274.L11+Slang pitch a fork: tell a story


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