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* [http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiLAYEDON2;ttLAYEDOON.html Muldoon, the solid man] is a parody song. It was written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Harrigan Edward Harrigan] and its first performance was probably in March, 1874, in conjunction with a variety sketch called "Who Owns the Clothes Line." It became very popular and was covered by many other performers. It probably was spread to Ireland itself through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_hall music-hall] singing of William J. Ashcroft.
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* '''the solid man''' → '''erse solid man'''
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0058&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake]
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* '''Erse''' (''pron'' urs): synonym for Irish Gaelic and sometimes also for Scottish Gaelic
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* '''ers:''' (''Scots''): arse, buttocks
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* '''erse solid''': arse-soiled (see [[entailed]] 003.19)
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* '''erse solid''': earth-solid; earth-soiled → [[Eve and Adam's|Adam]]
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** '''Genesis 2:7:''' "And the LORD God formed man of the '''dust of the ground''', and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
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* '''ars:''' (''Latin''): art, skill
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* '''erst''': once; formerly; at first
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* '''ere''': Before; i.e., before the fall, he was a solid man
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* '''''Muldoon, the Solid Man'':''' a parody song, written by Edward Harrigan; its first performance was probably in March 1874 in conjunction with a variety sketch called "Who Owns the Clothes Line." It became very popular and was covered by many other performers. It probably was spread to Ireland itself through the music-hall singing of William J. Ashcroft.
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** [http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiLAYEDON2;ttLAYEDOON.html Muldoon, the Solid Man]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Harrigan Wikipedia]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_hall Wikipedia]
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* '''The Solid Man:''' William J. Ashcroft, Dublin music-hall performer, so-called after his signature song
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* '''William Muldoon:''' Irish-American wrestler (1852-1933), whose biography was  entitled ''Muldoon, the Solid Man of Sport'' (1929)
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0289&isize=L&q1=Muldoon Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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* '''sullied:''' soiled; polluted; defiled → Shakespeare, ''Hamlet'' 1.2.129-130: "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw and resolve itself into a dew". The First Folio has ''solid'', while Q1 and Q2 have ''sallied'' (in the sense of "assailed"); ''sullied'' is a nineteenth-century emendation
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* '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 099.03:''' "And how is Dick, the solid man?"

Latest revision as of 14:28, 28 April 2012

  • Erse (pron urs): synonym for Irish Gaelic and sometimes also for Scottish Gaelic
  • ers: (Scots): arse, buttocks
  • erse solid: arse-soiled (see entailed 003.19)
  • erse solid: earth-solid; earth-soiled → Adam
    • Genesis 2:7: "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
  • ars: (Latin): art, skill
  • erst: once; formerly; at first
  • ere: Before; i.e., before the fall, he was a solid man
  • Muldoon, the Solid Man: a parody song, written by Edward Harrigan; its first performance was probably in March 1874 in conjunction with a variety sketch called "Who Owns the Clothes Line." It became very popular and was covered by many other performers. It probably was spread to Ireland itself through the music-hall singing of William J. Ashcroft.
  • The Solid Man: William J. Ashcroft, Dublin music-hall performer, so-called after his signature song
  • William Muldoon: Irish-American wrestler (1852-1933), whose biography was entitled Muldoon, the Solid Man of Sport (1929)
  • sullied: soiled; polluted; defiled → Shakespeare, Hamlet 1.2.129-130: "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw and resolve itself into a dew". The First Folio has solid, while Q1 and Q2 have sallied (in the sense of "assailed"); sullied is a nineteenth-century emendation
  • Ulysses 099.03: "And how is Dick, the solid man?"