Difference between revisions of "Arundgirond"
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Nursery rhyme: 'Ring Around the Rosie' (supposedly about the Black Plague). | Nursery rhyme: 'Ring Around the Rosie' (supposedly about the Black Plague). | ||
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Giro: spinning, circle; spiral: gyroplane. Gyroscopic (Greek guro-, circular, from guros, circle). A 'gire' is a circular or spiral form. | Giro: spinning, circle; spiral: gyroplane. Gyroscopic (Greek guro-, circular, from guros, circle). A 'gire' is a circular or spiral form. | ||
Blood (re)circulation. | Blood (re)circulation. | ||
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| + | Given the allusions to May Day rites ("[[And they crowned her their chariton queen, all the maids. Of the may?]]") and marriages ("[[marritime]]'), this description of Anna running "arundgirond" (in a circle) but also "in a waveney lyne" and a spiral ('gire') suggests she is encircling a May Pole: | ||
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| + | The maypole is a tall wooden pole (traditionally of hawthorn or birch), with several long colored ribbons suspended from the top. The top of the Maypole is often festooned with flowers and greenery. Pairs of boys and girls (or men and women) stand alternately around the base of the pole, each holding the end of a ribbon. They weave in and around each other, boys going one way and girls going the other and the ribbons are woven together around the pole until the merry-makers meet at the base. The Maypole is often considered a phallic symbol, but its origin may be the Saxon Irminsul that connects heaven and earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_pole | ||
Revision as of 04:17, 30 December 2005
Nursery rhyme: 'Ring Around the Rosie' (supposedly about the Black Plague).
Arund: run, around
Giro: spinning, circle; spiral: gyroplane. Gyroscopic (Greek guro-, circular, from guros, circle). A 'gire' is a circular or spiral form.
Blood (re)circulation.
Given the allusions to May Day rites ("And they crowned her their chariton queen, all the maids. Of the may?") and marriages ("marritime'), this description of Anna running "arundgirond" (in a circle) but also "in a waveney lyne" and a spiral ('gire') suggests she is encircling a May Pole:
The maypole is a tall wooden pole (traditionally of hawthorn or birch), with several long colored ribbons suspended from the top. The top of the Maypole is often festooned with flowers and greenery. Pairs of boys and girls (or men and women) stand alternately around the base of the pole, each holding the end of a ribbon. They weave in and around each other, boys going one way and girls going the other and the ribbons are woven together around the pole until the merry-makers meet at the base. The Maypole is often considered a phallic symbol, but its origin may be the Saxon Irminsul that connects heaven and earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_pole
