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| − | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0058&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake] | |
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| − | + | * '''Erse''' (''pron'' urs): synonym for Irish Gaelic and sometimes also for Scottish Gaelic | |
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| − | + | * '''ers:''' (''Scots''): arse, buttocks | |
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| − | + | * '''erse solid''': arse-soiled (see [[entailed]] 003.19) | |
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| − | + | * '''erse solid''': earth-solid; earth-soiled → [[Eve and Adam's|Adam]] | |
| − | + | ** '''Genesis 2:7:''' "And the LORD God formed man of the '''dust of the ground''', and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." | |
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| − | + | * '''ars:''' (''Latin''): art, skill | |
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| − | + | * '''erst''': once; formerly; at first | |
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| − | + | * '''ere''': Before; i.e., before the fall, he was a solid man | |
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| − | + | * '''''Muldoon, the Solid Man'':''' a parody song, written by Edward Harrigan; its first performance was probably in March 1874 in conjunction with a variety sketch called "Who Owns the Clothes Line." It became very popular and was covered by many other performers. It probably was spread to Ireland itself through the music-hall singing of William J. Ashcroft. | |
| − | + | ** [http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiLAYEDON2;ttLAYEDOON.html Muldoon, the Solid Man] | |
| − | + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Harrigan Wikipedia] | |
| − | + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_hall Wikipedia] | |
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| − | + | * '''The Solid Man:''' William J. Ashcroft, Dublin music-hall performer, so-called after his signature song | |
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| − | + | * '''William Muldoon:''' Irish-American wrestler (1852-1933), whose biography was entitled ''Muldoon, the Solid Man of Sport'' (1929) | |
| − | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0289&isize=L&q1=Muldoon Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | |
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| − | + | * '''sullied:''' soiled; polluted; defiled → Shakespeare, ''Hamlet'' 1.2.129-130: "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw and resolve itself into a dew". The First Folio has ''solid'', while Q1 and Q2 have ''sallied'' (in the sense of "assailed"); ''sullied'' is a nineteenth-century emendation | |
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| − | + | * '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 099.03:''' "And how is Dick, the solid man?" | |
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 28 April 2012
- the solid man → erse solid man
- Erse (pron urs): synonym for Irish Gaelic and sometimes also for Scottish Gaelic
- ers: (Scots): arse, buttocks
- erse solid: arse-soiled (see entailed 003.19)
- erse solid: earth-solid; earth-soiled → Adam
- Genesis 2:7: "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
- ars: (Latin): art, skill
- erst: once; formerly; at first
- ere: Before; i.e., before the fall, he was a solid man
- Muldoon, the Solid Man: a parody song, written by Edward Harrigan; its first performance was probably in March 1874 in conjunction with a variety sketch called "Who Owns the Clothes Line." It became very popular and was covered by many other performers. It probably was spread to Ireland itself through the music-hall singing of William J. Ashcroft.
- The Solid Man: William J. Ashcroft, Dublin music-hall performer, so-called after his signature song
- William Muldoon: Irish-American wrestler (1852-1933), whose biography was entitled Muldoon, the Solid Man of Sport (1929)
- sullied: soiled; polluted; defiled → Shakespeare, Hamlet 1.2.129-130: "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw and resolve itself into a dew". The First Folio has solid, while Q1 and Q2 have sallied (in the sense of "assailed"); sullied is a nineteenth-century emendation
- Ulysses 099.03: "And how is Dick, the solid man?"
