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* '''St Basil of Caesarea:''' 4th century saint; his feastday is 22 March | * '''St Basil of Caesarea:''' 4th century saint; his feastday is 22 March | ||
| − | * '''W ... B''' → W. B. Yeats → W. B. Murphy (''[[Ulysses]]'' 579.35) | + | * '''W ... B''' → W. B. Yeats → W. B. Murphy (''[[Ulysses]]'' 579.35); perhaps ironically as W.B. Yeats was a joyless figure neither a boozer nor laugher. |
Revision as of 05:44, 20 December 2009
- Vasily Buslayev: the hero of the ballad cycle of Novgorod
- wassail: a drinking bout
- boose: alcohol
- buslai: (Russian) drunkard
- laugh
- laoch: (Irish) warrior, hero
- basileus: (Greek) king → Basil → Vasily
- St Basil of Caesarea: 4th century saint; his feastday is 22 March
- W ... B → W. B. Yeats → W. B. Murphy (Ulysses 579.35); perhaps ironically as W.B. Yeats was a joyless figure neither a boozer nor laugher.
