Difference between revisions of "Kankan keening"
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* '''keening:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning | * '''keening:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning | ||
| − | * '''ag caoineadh:''' (''Irish'') crying; keening; over a corpse | + | * '''ag caoineadh:''' (''Irish'') crying; keening; over a corpse → preformed by old women -payed mourners- dressed in black → directly opposed to the previous image of the can-can. |
Revision as of 13:09, 20 December 2009
- can-can: a French dance, usually performed on stage by the women of the chorus and once regarded as obscene
- k-k-keening → stutter, a sign of HCE's guilt
- can: a tin can
- keening: (Anglo-Irish) crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning
- ag caoineadh: (Irish) crying; keening; over a corpse → preformed by old women -payed mourners- dressed in black → directly opposed to the previous image of the can-can.
