Shandy

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  • Shandy: the hero of the novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, by the Irish-born Laurence Sterne, who is here identified with Tristopher → St Lawrence was the family name of the Earls of Howth, founded by Tristram Almeric → the story of the Prankquean and Jarl van Hoother is mixed up with the tale of Sir Tristram and Isoud (Tristan and Isolde)
  • seanda: (Irish) old
  • Schande: (German) disgrace, shame
  • shandy: a drink made from a mixture of beer and lemonade