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| − | * | + | * '''an old black ram / is tupping your white ewe:''' Shakespeare, ''Othello'' 1.1.88-9 |
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| + | * '''ruddy:''' any reddish colour → the pinkness of the salmon | ||
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| + | * '''rutty:''' in rut, sexually excited | ||
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| + | * '''''The Adventures of Roderick Random'':''' a novel by Tobias Smollett, published in 1748. Roderick's unattainable love interest is [[Issy|Narcissa]] → the similarity between ''Smollett'' and ''smolt'' (a stage in the life-cycle of the salmon) may be responsible for the cluster of novels by Smollett which occurs in this paragraph | ||
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| + | * '''rowdy''' | ||
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| + | * '''rod:''' a fishing rod to catch the Salmon of Knowledge | ||
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| + | * '''Ruaidhrí Ua Concubar:''' Roderick [or Rory] O’Conor, last High King of Ireland → [[Page_3|FW 003.13-14]] | ||
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| + | * '''ram:''' (''Hebrew'') high → High King | ||
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| + | * '''Aries, the Ram:''' a constellation → in astrology the Sun is in Aries from 21 March to 20 April → and follows Pisces, the Fish → [[salmon]]; it is generally thought FW is set on and around 21 March, as Pisces yields to Aries | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:25, 3 November 2020
- an old black ram / is tupping your white ewe: Shakespeare, Othello 1.1.88-9
- ruddy: any reddish colour → the pinkness of the salmon
- rutty: in rut, sexually excited
- The Adventures of Roderick Random: a novel by Tobias Smollett, published in 1748. Roderick's unattainable love interest is Narcissa → the similarity between Smollett and smolt (a stage in the life-cycle of the salmon) may be responsible for the cluster of novels by Smollett which occurs in this paragraph
- rowdy
- rod: a fishing rod to catch the Salmon of Knowledge
- Ruaidhrí Ua Concubar: Roderick [or Rory] O’Conor, last High King of Ireland → FW 003.13-14
- ram: (Hebrew) high → High King
- Aries, the Ram: a constellation → in astrology the Sun is in Aries from 21 March to 20 April → and follows Pisces, the Fish → salmon; it is generally thought FW is set on and around 21 March, as Pisces yields to Aries
