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* '''liddle crathur''' → '''little craythur'''
 
* '''liddle crathur''' → '''little craythur'''
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0059&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake]
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0059&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake]
 
* '''creature''' → pronounced ''craythur'' in parts of Ireland
 
  
 
* '''craythur:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') Irish whiskey
 
* '''craythur:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') Irish whiskey
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* '''''[[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
  
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* '''creature''' → pronounced ''craythur'' in parts of Ireland
  
 
[[category:Song lyrics]]
 
[[category:Song lyrics]]

Revision as of 18:14, 28 April 2010

  • 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
  • creature → pronounced craythur in parts of Ireland