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* '''flour-white body'''
 
* '''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]])
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* '''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 the song ''[[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
 
* '''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

Revision as of 08:33, 21 July 2006

  • flour-white body
  • 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
  • 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