Airish chaunting car
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- chaunt archaic variant of Chant - short simple song in limited melody.
- jaunt: to make a short journey
- 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)
