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| − | * ''' | + | * '''Ben Bulben:''' a mountain in County Sligo, Ireland, widely known in the poem ''Under Ben Bulben'' by William Butler Yeats; said to be the resting place of Gráinne ([[Image:Izzy.png]]), the bride of [[Fionn mac Cumhail]] ([[Image:HCE.png]]), and Diarmuid ([[Image:Shem-Shaun.PNG]]), her lover |
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130271 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
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| + | * '''boss:''' a hump on the back (or more generally, any swelling or protuberance on the body) → [[HCE]] has a humpback | ||
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| + | * '''boss:''' a hod; a plasterer’s tray → [[Tim Finnegan]] carries a hod in the balled ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'' | ||
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| + | * '''boss:''' a knobby protuberance | ||
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[[Category: Geography of Ireland]] | [[Category: Geography of Ireland]] | ||
Revision as of 09:31, 23 October 2006
- Ben Bulben: a mountain in County Sligo, Ireland, widely known in the poem Under Ben Bulben by William Butler Yeats; said to be the resting place of Gráinne (File:Izzy.png), the bride of Fionn mac Cumhail (File:HCE.png), and Diarmuid (File:Shem-Shaun.PNG), her lover
- boss: a hump on the back (or more generally, any swelling or protuberance on the body) → HCE has a humpback
- boss: a hod; a plasterer’s tray → Tim Finnegan carries a hod in the balled Finnegan's Wake
- boss: a knobby protuberance
