Sallybright

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  • celebratemuddy kissmans ("Merry Christmas"); in the rest of the paragraph, there may be references to Santa Claus, reversing gender and behaviour, in the image of a woman going around and collecting "spoiled goods" in a "nabsack" (contrasted with Santa distributing new toys from a sack)
  • sally: the sallow or willow tree → Beauchamp is pronounced "Beecham", which also includes a reference to a tree
  • Sally & Bridget: in William Carleton's novel Tales and Stories of the Irish Peasantry Shaun Buie McGaveran is wooed by twelve girls; he holds a spinning contest to decide which he'll marry; the two leading contestants are Sally and Bridget