Puir old wobban
From FinnegansWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search- Poor Old Woman → a common personification of Ireland in Irish poetry during the period of English rule; in Irish, the Seanbhean Bhocht, or, in Anglo-Irish, The Shan Van Vocht (which is also the title of a traditional song from the time of the United Irishmen's Rebellion in 1798 → ALP is the Poor Old Woman
- pure → in parts of Ireland poor is pronounced the same as pure ([pju:r])
- púir: (Irish) a cause of sorrow
- wobble → because she is wearing only one shoe?
- ban-, bean: (Irish) woman
- Wotan: Norse god of war
