Bickybacky

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  • big back
  • piggyback
  • piggybank
  • pig's back → Muicinis (Irish "Pig Island"), a mythological name for Ireland because from the sea it was made to resembles a pig’s back by the Tuatha Dé Danann to confuse the invading Milesians (see Foras Feasa ar Éirinn by Geoffrey Keating)
  • on the pig’s back: (Irish phrase) successful; living a life of ease and luxury; in a very fortunate situation
  • beak → the Hen, Biddy Doran
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