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* '''pig's back''' → Muicinis (''Irish'' "Pig Island"), a mythological name for Ireland because from the sea it was made to resembles a pig’s back by the Tuatha Dé Danann to confuse the invading Milesians (see ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' by Geoffrey Keating) | * '''pig's back''' → Muicinis (''Irish'' "Pig Island"), a mythological name for Ireland because from the sea it was made to resembles a pig’s back by the Tuatha Dé Danann to confuse the invading Milesians (see ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' by Geoffrey Keating) | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130406&q1=Pig A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
* '''on the pig’s back:''' (''Irish phrase'') successful; living a life of ease and luxury; in a very fortunate situation | * '''on the pig’s back:''' (''Irish phrase'') successful; living a life of ease and luxury; in a very fortunate situation | ||
* '''beak''' → the Hen, Biddy Doran | * '''beak''' → the Hen, Biddy Doran | ||
Revision as of 09:22, 17 September 2006
- big back
- piggyback
- piggybank
- pig's back → Muicinis (Irish "Pig Island"), a mythological name for Ireland because from the sea it was made to resembles a pig’s back by the Tuatha Dé Danann to confuse the invading Milesians (see Foras Feasa ar Éirinn by Geoffrey Keating)
- on the pig’s back: (Irish phrase) successful; living a life of ease and luxury; in a very fortunate situation
- beak → the Hen, Biddy Doran
