The harpdischord shall be theirs for ollaves

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  • The harpsdischord shall be theirs for ollaves: the fourth in a list of four comments by the Four Old Men (File:MMLJ.png)
  • harpsichord: a keyboard instrument
  • harp: a stringed instrument; the lyre is a type of harp
  • discord: (music) an inharmonious combination of sounds (the opposite of concord)
  • chord: a harmonic combination of two or more notes → see FW 012.30 trade for further comment
  • ollav: (Anglo-Irish) sage
  • ollamh: (Irish) sage, professor
  • always