Difference between revisions of "Little craythur"

Revision as of 05:28, 24 June 2006

s Finnegan's Wake: "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
+* '''creature''' &rarr; pronounced ''craythur'' in parts of Ireland
-craythur = Irish whiskey
+* '''''AngI'' craythur:''' Irish whiskey
-In the song "Finnegan's Wake," Tim Finnegan "had a sort o' the tipplin' way/ With a love of the liquor poor Tim was born/ And to help him on with his work each day/ He'd a drop of the craythur ev'ry morn."
+* '''''s [[Finnegan's Wake]]'':''' "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." &rarr; While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies; during his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life
-While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies.  During his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life.
-Joyce all but quotes the song a few paragraphs later:
-"They laid him brawdawn alanglast bed. With a bockalips
-of finisky fore his feet. And a barrowload of guenesis hoer his head."
-This refers to the song's lyrics, which read:
-"They wrapped him up in a nice clean sheet
-And laid him out across the bed,
-With a gallon of whiskey at his feet
-And a barrel of porter at his head."