Brodar and histher
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Jump to navigationJump to search- brother and sister: playing on the theme of transvestism-as-punishment, the twins are now of indefinite gender:
- boy and girl: brother and sister
- boy and boy: bro-here and his-there
- girl and boy: broad and his-there
- girl and girl: broad and sister
- Brodar: the Danish warlord who assassinated Brian Ború at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014
- Hister: the River Danube (from the Greek name Istria)
- Hester Vanhomrigh: Swift’s Vanessa and the daughter of Dublin Lord's Mayor Bartholomew Vanhomrigh (see baretholobruised heels on the previous page) → Issy
