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| − | * ''' | + | * '''Saint Laurence O'Toole:''' Archbishop of Dublin (1161-1180), and the city's patron saint; he gave rise to Ireland's canonical independence from Canterbury |
| + | **[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09091b.htm St Laurence O'Toole] | ||
| + | **[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160248 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''St Lawrence:''' family name of the Earls of [[Howth]] (after the Spanish Saint Lawrence) |
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160340 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''larron:''' (''French'') a thief → Jacob, the thief of Esau’s birthright |
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* '''lashings of toilers:''' lots of workers | * '''lashings of toilers:''' lots of workers | ||
* '''tooler:''' one who works with a tool | * '''tooler:''' one who works with a tool | ||
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| + | ==Commentary== | ||
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| + | [[Page_5|FW 005.03-04]]: ''with larrons o'toolers clittering up and tombles a'buckets clottering down.'' | ||
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| + | As Lawrence O'Toole was rising to power in Ireland, [[Tombles_a%27buckets|Thomas a Becket]] was falling from King Henry's grace in England | ||
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Revision as of 04:38, 21 November 2006
- Saint Laurence O'Toole: Archbishop of Dublin (1161-1180), and the city's patron saint; he gave rise to Ireland's canonical independence from Canterbury
- St Lawrence: family name of the Earls of Howth (after the Spanish Saint Lawrence)
- larron: (French) a thief → Jacob, the thief of Esau’s birthright
- lashings of toilers: lots of workers
- tooler: one who works with a tool
Commentary
FW 005.03-04: with larrons o'toolers clittering up and tombles a'buckets clottering down.
As Lawrence O'Toole was rising to power in Ireland, Thomas a Becket was falling from King Henry's grace in England
