Difference between revisions of "Kennedy bread"
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* '''bread:''' the miracle of Jesus and the loaves and fishes, found in all four gospels, is echoed here. That miracle is generally seen as prefiguring the Eucharist, also present in this passage. | * '''bread:''' the miracle of Jesus and the loaves and fishes, found in all four gospels, is echoed here. That miracle is generally seen as prefiguring the Eucharist, also present in this passage. | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:37, 4 June 2019
- Kennedy’s Bread: made by a Dublin baker → Eucharistic bread → Mastication of the host
- ceann: (Irish) head → Joyce originally wrote, Keannedy's bread
- bread: the miracle of Jesus and the loaves and fishes, found in all four gospels, is echoed here. That miracle is generally seen as prefiguring the Eucharist, also present in this passage.
- keen: a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a wordless cry
