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* '''craythur:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') Irish whiskey | * '''craythur:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') Irish whiskey | ||
| − | * '''''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'':''' (''song'') "Now Tim [Finnegan] had a sort o' the tipplin' way,/ With the love of the liquor he was born,/ An' to help him on with his work each day,/ He'd a drop of the craythur every morn." → While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies; during his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life | + | * '''''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'':''' (''song'') "Now Tim [Finnegan] had a sort o' the tipplin' way,/ With the love of the liquor he was born,/ An' to help him on with his work each day,/ He'd a drop of the '''craythur''' every morn." → While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies; during his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life |
[[category:Song lyrics]] | [[category:Song lyrics]] | ||
Revision as of 18:13, 28 April 2010
- liddle crathur → little craythur
- creature → pronounced craythur in parts of Ireland
- craythur: (Anglo-Irish) Irish whiskey
- Finnegan's Wake: (song) "Now Tim [Finnegan] had a sort o' the tipplin' way,/ With the love of the liquor he was born,/ An' to help him on with his work each day,/ He'd a drop of the craythur every morn." → While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies; during his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life
