Difference between revisions of "Kankan keening"
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* '''can:''' a tin can | * '''can:''' a tin can | ||
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* '''keening:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning | * '''keening:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning | ||
* '''ag caoineadh:''' (''Irish'') crying; keening; over a corpse → preformed by old women -payed mourners- dressed in black → directly opposed to the previous image of the can-can. | * '''ag caoineadh:''' (''Irish'') crying; keening; over a corpse → preformed by old women -payed mourners- dressed in black → directly opposed to the previous image of the can-can. | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 14 May 2012
- can-can: a French dance, usually performed on stage by the women of the chorus and once regarded as obscene
- cancan: (french) gossip
- k-k-keening → stutter, a sign of HCE's guilt
- can: a tin can
- can: a drinking cup; tankard
- keening: (Anglo-Irish) crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning
- ag caoineadh: (Irish) crying; keening; over a corpse → preformed by old women -payed mourners- dressed in black → directly opposed to the previous image of the can-can.
