Difference between revisions of "Moyles"
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** swanchen → ''German'' '''Schwänchen''': little swan | ** swanchen → ''German'' '''Schwänchen''': little swan | ||
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+ | [[Category: Thomas Moore]] |
Latest revision as of 15:16, 19 January 2014
- References the song Silent, O Moyle by Thomas Moore in the lines on Page 548:
... and I wound around my swanchen's neckplace a school of shells of moyles marine to swing their saysangs in her silents...
- In the song, a girl is turned into a swan by her stepmother Aoife
- swanchen → German Schwänchen: little swan
[[Category: German phrases]