Difference between revisions of "Dovesgall"
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* '''released ... dove:''' Noah releases a raven and a dove from the ark | * '''released ... dove:''' Noah releases a raven and a dove from the ark | ||
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| + | * '''bird:''' another allusion to the 'Come Back to Erin' lyrics ([[come back to my earin]]): "O may the angels, O wakin' and sleepin' / Watch o'er my bird in the land far away" | ||
[[Category:Irish phrases]] | [[Category:Irish phrases]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:20, 5 February 2020
- dove’s call → Issy
- love call
- Dubh Gall: (Irish) black-haired foreigner; an Irish epithet for one sect of Danish rulers in Dublin; the Dubh Gaill were opposed by the Finn Gall, another sect of Danes; in his first draft of this section, Joyce wrote: in his Finngallese
- released ... dove: Noah releases a raven and a dove from the ark
- bird: another allusion to the 'Come Back to Erin' lyrics (come back to my earin): "O may the angels, O wakin' and sleepin' / Watch o'er my bird in the land far away"
