Ringing rinbus round Demetrius

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  • the steam was like a rainbow 'round [Demetrius O'Flannigan] McCarthy: lyric from the song "Enniscorthy"
  • nimbus: glowing light that encircles someone or something; halo
  • ringing rin: A rin gong, or singing bowl, is a gong that rests on a floor or surface with the vibration in its upper rim
  • Demetrius:
    • Demetrius O'Flannigan McCarthy, subject of the song "Enniscorthy," a hard-drinking hothead
    • Demetrius: author of On Style, ancient rhetorical/literary criticism
    • Demetrias: Ancient Greek city, favorite residence of the kings of Macedon; ruined and abandoned in the 14th century