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| − | * Airish | + | * '''Airish''' Irish |
| − | * | + | * '''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". | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaunting_car jaunting car] | ||
| + | * '''"Irish Jaunting Car"''' a popular song in Ireland composed by [[Volunteer Vousden|Valentine Vousden]] (see [http://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Page_50 Page 50] for previous reference) | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 19 January 2014
- Airish Irish
- 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)
