Difference between revisions of "Butt under his bridge"
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160220&q1=Hubert Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160220&q1=Hubert Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
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| + | * '''butt under his bridge suits tony:''' but tony (Tim Finnegan?) sits under the bridge (i.e. is homeless) | ||
Latest revision as of 23:58, 6 July 2009
- Butt Bridge: a bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin; named after Isaac Butt, leader of the Home Rule movement → FW 003.11: buttended and isaac
- but
- butt: stump, tail; arse
- Ring-a-ring o'roses: (children's game) "... one for me and one for you and one for little Moses"
- hugh butt → Hubert, patron saint of the chase
- butt under his bridge suits tony: but tony (Tim Finnegan?) sits under the bridge (i.e. is homeless)
