Little craythur

• creature → pronounced craythur in parts of Ireland

• AngI craythur: Irish whiskey

• s Finnegan's Wake: "Now Tim [Finnegan] had a sort o' the tipplin' way,/ With the love of the liquor he was born,/ An' to help him on with his work each day,/ He'd a drop of the craythur every morn." → While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies; during his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life