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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=article&did=JOYCECOLL.HAYMANFIRSTDRFT.I0010&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake]
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* '''[[Shem]]:''' one of [[HCE|Earwicker's]] [[twins]]
 
* '''[[Shem]]:''' one of [[HCE|Earwicker's]] [[twins]]
  

Revision as of 00:01, 3 June 2008

  • Shem, Ham & Japhet: in Genesis, the three sons of Noah
    • Noah planted the vine and was drunk – Joyce, in a letter (15 November 1926) to Harriet Shaw Weaver
  • Jhem or Shen: Jameson → John Jameson & Sons Ltd, Dublin whiskey distillers → twin of Arthur Guinness & Sons Ltd, Dublin brewery
  • James