Difference between revisions of "Green"

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* '''oranges ... upon the green:''' [[HCE]], a Protestant, having sexual intercourse with his wife [[ALP]], a Catholic
 
* '''oranges ... upon the green:''' [[HCE]], a Protestant, having sexual intercourse with his wife [[ALP]], a Catholic
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* '''Song of Solomon 1:16: '''"Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green."'''[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28King_James%29/Song_of_Solomon]

Latest revision as of 09:16, 27 September 2009

  • green: symbolic of Ireland's Catholic, Nationalist or Republican faction (especially in Ulster) → ALP is a Catholic
  • green: a village green
    • there were wigs on the green: there was a public altercation; scuffles broke out
    • Ulysses 337.27: "there'd be wigs on the green"
  • oranges ... upon the green: HCE, a Protestant, having sexual intercourse with his wife ALP, a Catholic
  • Song of Solomon 1:16: "Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green."[1]