Sod's

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  • Sod's brood: 'sblood ("by God's blood": an oath)
  • commoners, peasants → sod = earth; brood = children → children of the earth
  • sod: a clump of earth; a piece of turf → How Buckley Shot the Russian General (FW 338-355)
  • sodomite: someone who engages in anal penetration; an inhabitant of Sodom (Gen 12-19)
  • God's brood: The Children of Israel
  • the auld sod's brood: The Children of Ireland