Thuartpeatrick

• "thou art Peter", Matt 16:18.
  • there is also a pun on peatrick as Peter-Rock. In Greek petros, "Peter", is a masculine form of petra, which means "Rock"; Jesus puns on the ambiguity when he says "Thou art Peter (petros), and upon this rock (petra) I will build my church."

• Patrick
  • peat: turf
  • rick: hayrick

• cf. scad

• I thú: you

• St. Patrick's Purgatory contained a peat fire

• cf. FW 407.11 ff: "... (whish, O whish!) ... I heard a voice ... voise from afar ... Tu es Petrus"