Airish chaunting car

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  • Airish - Irish
  • Jaunting Car - a popular mode of transportation in 19th Century Dublin. It was open-air (thus "airish"). Seats ran longitudinally and passenger's feet were placed on a footboard outside the wheels. So they sat "back to back".
  • "Irish Jaunting Car" - a popular song in Ireland composed by Valentine Vousden (see Page 50 for previous reference)
  • Chaunt - archaic variant of Chant - short simple song in limited melody.
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