The Grant, old gartener
From FinnegansWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search- the grand old gardener: from Tennyson, "Lady Clara Vere de Vere" (1842): "The grand old gardener and his Wife smile at the claims of long descent", later changed to "the gardener Adam". Reference to the Garden of Eden, start of a race.
- Ulysses S. Grant: American general, hero of the US Civil War
- Grant's: Scotch whiskey, distilled by William Grant & Sons.
- Granite old gardener: The Wellington Monument, a granite obelisk, stands in Phoenix Park (associated in FW with the Garden of Eden)
- garten (German): garter
