Difference between revisions of "Flowerwhite bodey"
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* '''white flour''' → the Host which become the Body of Christ in the Catholic ritual of the Eucharist is a form of wheaten bread made from white flour | * '''white flour''' → the Host which become the Body of Christ in the Catholic ritual of the Eucharist is a form of wheaten bread made from white flour | ||
| − | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist Wikipedia] | + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist Wikipedia] |
| − | * '''Flowerwhite bodey:''' Here, at the wake of Finnegan/[[ | + | * '''bogey:''' devil; spectre, phantom; an object of dread |
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| + | * '''Flowerwhite bodey:''' Here, at the wake of Finnegan/[[Macool]]/[[HCE]], his body and blood are consecrated through the blessing into the bread and ale, giving HCE a familiar Christ/Osiris-archetype | ||
Revision as of 08:32, 21 July 2006
- flour-white body
- flower → the botanical reference was alluded to in the previous use of pyth, as well as references to the hop plant (hop in his tayle) and Dobbin's Flowery Vale (Dobbelin ayle)
- white flour → the Host which become the Body of Christ in the Catholic ritual of the Eucharist is a form of wheaten bread made from white flour
- bogey: devil; spectre, phantom; an object of dread
