Ulysses Annotated
Telemachus Nestor Proteus Calypso Lotus Eaters Hades Aeolus Lestrygonians Scylla and Charybdis Wandering Rocks Sirens Cyclops Nausicaa Oxen of the Sun Circe Eumaeus Ithaca Penelope
Eumaeus 16.30 redolent of rotten cornjuice: As corn juice was used as a synonym for whiskey, probably cheap, bad
whiskey.
16.404-5 Buffalo Bill shoots to kill: for the history of the rhyme see Pom! he shouted twice: Some Memories of Buffalo Bill (1909) in Ulysses
16.460 I seen a crocodile bite the fluke of an anchor: follow the allusion back to its source in What make a crocodile bite the fluke of an anchor? 16.472-4 Choza de Indios. Beni, Bolivia: see the postcard Bloom examines at A postcard from Bolivia 16.487-9 Galeria Becche: for the real name of the Galeria see A galería masquerading under the name of “Becche” 16.491-4 the former’s ball passed through the latter’s
hat: a duelling tale
exposed in the article An Affair of Honour 16.536-8 Brown, Robinson and Co.: discover the original characters in the article Mr Brown, Mr Robinson and the average Joe
16.801 Sulphate of copper poison: for newspaper reports on the chemical preservation and enhancement of peas see the article The deleterious effect of copper sulphate on green peas 16.850 Marcella, the Midget Queen: the story of the diminutive Elizabeth Paddock, told in the article Marcella, the Midget Queen 16.865 those italianos: news about the Italian quarter of turn-of-the-century Dublin in The Italian Colony in South Dublin 16.1189 a suit of brown paper (a fact): for more on these suits in Joyce's day read Brown-paper suits in fashion 16.1257 .)eatondph 1/8 ador
dorador douradora: what happened when a compositor
miskeyed a sentence - see article Eatondph and
douradora 16.1274-81 20 to 1 Throwaway (off): discover the meaning of "off" at All bets are "off" 16.1446-8 posed for the ensemble: discover more about the French artists' expression behind this at Altogether now for the ensemble 16.1498 clothed in the mantle of adultery: a quotation from one
of Blacow's sermons in the article The irreverent
Richard Blacow in Ulysses 16.1550-1 fair and forty: for the history of the expression see Fair and forty goes far in a day 16.1598-1603 destruction of the fittest: see post-Darwinian
examples of the expression in the article The destruction of the fittest
16.1685
Iremonger: see the article Iremonger among
the runs for the true state of the
Nottinghamshire scoreboard
Ithaca 17.103 leverage of the first kind: according to traditional mechanics, there are three kinds or orders of levers, distinguished by whether the fulcrum, the weight, or the power is in the centre. In levers of the first kind, the fulcrum is in the centre (OED at LEVER n.1 2): examples include a balance, a crowbar, and a poker. A pair of scissors consists of two levers of the first kind. (JS)
17.128-30 best Abram coal: follow the history of the advertisements and pricing for Abram coal in Dublin in The cost of coal from Flower and M'Donald
17.150 housebells: the architecture of the calling bell in Dublin's terraces explored in the article Bells to call the servants 17.240
aquacities: for the long history of
aquacity see the article Aquacity: awash with
watery thoughts 17.593 Veribest: a trade-name for
types of processed foodstuff brought to light in the article Advertising names that speak to you: 2 - Veribest 17.594-5 Uwantit: for aspirational uses of
the name see the article Advertising names that speak to you: 3 - Uwantit 17.621-5 The queen’s Hotel, Ennis: for a possible model for Rudolph Bloom's suicide see Death in Ennis 17.868-9 Herr Hauptmann Hainau: for new information on Millie's violating ancestor see Heinous Hainau and the Blooms 17.1039 heaventree: see the article The tree of heaven for references to the real and the mythical trees 17.1253 Matthew F. Kane: an illustrated
biography of a Joyce family friend presented in the article James Joyce and Matthew Kane 17.1254 Michael Hart: for the story of the talented athlete and writer see Gallant Mick Hart 17.1369 Beauties of Killarney: a book title found only on the spine described in the article Killarney's Beauties 17.1394 The Hidden Life of Christ: for another mysterious book title located see the article The Hidden Life of Christ Revealed 17.1988-9 eaters of soap: for the origins of the myth see the article Soap-eating in the Arctic 17.2000-5 missing gent: read the missing-person notice on which this flight of fancy is based, in the article A missing gent answering to the name of Bloom
17.2056 Where was Moses when the candle went out?: Bloom's answer is quite traditional, and can be traced back to at least
1821, though the riddle is older (later usually with light(s) rather than
candle. The second example given here is the closest to be found to the version
in Ulysses. (HB)
Penelope 18.29 to never see thy face again: new sources identified in the article Two unidentified songs in the Penelope episode
18.32-3 if it was a thing: Hiberno-English, meaning "if it was the case that"/"if it happened that" (HB). See, for example, the final verse of "Ould Ireland! you’re my darling", from the Emerald Songster section of Songs of Ireland and Other Lands (New York, 1847: p. 152):
18.78-9 in my hand there steals another: discover the popular song behind the allusion in the article In Molly's hand there steals another 18.159-61 give us a swing out of your whiskers: see the story of this and similar expressions at The swinging whiskers 18.204-6 did you wash possible: for further information of this euphemistic expression see Washing possible is more than possible See Adolfo Muñoz
Pérez, “San Roque y su historia military: 1704-1900”. Almoraima:
revista de estudios campogibraltareños (2010),
pp. 207-18; Phillip F. Herring, Joyce's “Ulysses” Notesheets, p. 511, l. 45. (Rafael Garcia: April 2016) 18.446 kidfitting corsets: read advertisements for the undergarments in the article Kidfitting corsetry
18.546 the statue of the fish: Phillip F. Herring identifies the sources of Joyce’s Gibraltar references in Buffalo Notebook V.A.2 as H. M. Field’s Gibraltar (1888) and The Traveller’s Hand-book for Gibraltar (London, 1844) by “An Old Inhabitant” (see Joyce’s Notes and Early Drafts for Ulysses (1977), p. 60). Another helpfully descriptive account of the statue may be found in G. R. B. Horner’s Medical and topographical observations upon the Mediterranean (Philadelphia, 1839: pp. 67-8): (Eamonn Finn 10/13)
18.616 wogger: see dog-allusions as nicknames in the article Molly's doggery-woggery 18.673 taittering: for Joyce's source for
the term see the article Molly's taittering lips 18.731 if its a thing: see 18.32-3 above. 18.740-1 long crossed letters: for an explanation of (and attitudes to) crossed letters see Cross words for crossed letters 18.871 Sandfrog showers: see Molly's sandfrog shower in Gibraltar for newspaper reports of
the strange cloudbursts
18.879 Miss This Miss That
Miss Theother: nineteenth-century
evidence for the informal phrase presented in the article Miss This Miss That
and Miss Theother 18.953 Whit Monday is a cursed day: see Bad luck arrives at Whitsuntide for more information about the myth. 18.988: will you be my man will you carry my can: a written source to confirm Gifford's note in the article Will you be my man will you carry my can 18.1089-90 one thing laughing at the other: follow the history of this expression in It's just one thing laughing at another 18.1135: wouldnt he get the great suckin: a “suck-in” is a slang term (originally American) for “a deception; a disappointing event or result” (OED) (JS). The dictionary cites “a grand suck-in” from the Short Patent Sermons (1841) of “Dow, Jr.” (Elbridge Gerry Paige), and “great suck-in” occurs on the front page of the Milwaukee Sentinal of 20 July 1844. Joyce’s expression can also be found in the Connacht Tribune of 4 December 1909 (p. 6):
As Joyce’s text developed, he changed from “takein” to “suckin”, which gave him a wider range of contextual innuendo. 18.1292 so sweetly sang the maiden on the
hawthorn bough: the sources provided
for these Two unidentified songs in the Penelope episode - see the article 18.1294 Freddy Mayers private opera: find the story of
Frederick Mayer, cicerone for Joseph Poole's show, in the article Freddy Mayer and Joseph Poole's Myriorama 18.1346 those fine young men I could see down
in Margate strand bathingplace from the side of the rock: As Joyce's note sheet entry (Herring, p. 511) reads:
"Margate on N.E. side", Ford and Field seem to be his most likely
sources. Molly's memory is of Gibraltar not England. (HB)
18.1565-7 cobbles: discover cobbles of coal in
the kitchen fire in the article Washing off the cobbles
Joyce Annotated (and additional glosses for Stephen Hero)
Dubliners
Alfred Hunter: see Fitz-Epsykure: the further adventures of Alfred and Marion Hunter to read more about the life and activities of Hunter
1.44-51 etc. old Cotter: see the article Edward Graham Cotter: another collector of rates? for another minor character from the Rate-Collector's Office 1.262-5 rheumatic wheels: cycling wordplay in the article Rheumatic wheels 6.45 racing tissues: for an explanation of Lenehan's racing telegrams see Sporting issues and racing tissues 8.2-6, etc. Ignatius Gallaher: the life of a Joyce
family friend and Dublin newspaperman told in the article Ignatius per ignotium: the short life and extraordinary times of Fred Gallaher
8.165-7: dear dirty Dublin: an endearing expression for Dublin, but Lady Morgan's role in its coinage questioned, in the article Lady Morgan and "dear dirty Dublin" 12.395-404, etc. Mr Henchy: follow the life of another minor character at the Rate-Collector's Office in the article Robert Henchy: a choice of two collectors 12.477-80, etc. and 12.1588-92, etc. Crofton: the real life of another minor character - see James Crofton: a tradition of public service
15 Kate and Julia Morkan: see the series of articles on the Flynn family at Flynnlandia, or the rise (and fall) of the House of Usher
15 Bartell d'Arcy: the life of Bartle
McCarthy, a popular tenor at the Pro-Cathedral, investigated in The man behind Bartell d'Arcy
15.4 halldoor bell: the system of calling bells operated from an ironwork device on the front railings explained in Bells to call the servants 15.810-12 “His name,” said Aunt Kate, “was Parkinson": read when the Misses Morkan might have heard the English tenor William Parkinson in Old Parkinson, the English tenor 15.1028-9 laid on here like the gas: see Laid on like the gas for the history of this expression Xmas Eve (1993) p. 40 Can't you talk?: see the picture of a
child and a dog alluded to by Joyce in the article Can't you talk? Exiles
Notes Emily Lyons: for more information on Nora's childhood friend found in the streets of Galway City see the article Emily Lyons sets sail for Boston Finnegans Wake
445.29-30 far away on the pillow: the poetic source for
the allusion pinned down in the article A pillow on the billow Letters
365 One of the Family and Sister Susie's Playing: read the lyrics of the two songs referred to in What is Sister Susie's Playing? [Selected Letters] Poems and Shorter Works 71 Quaint-perched aerie: the young Joyce adapts Jerome K. Jerome in his early poem, according to the article Observing from his quaint-perched aerie Portrait I. 646-66: the history of a geographical joke uncovered in the article When is a thigh not a thigh?
I.1645-6 Peter Parley himself was on the first page: the drawing of Peter
Parley "with his broad hat like a Protestant minister" revealed in the article Peter Parley's Tales of the ancients II. 87 the silent
telegraph-poles passing his window swiftly every
four seconds: more on the calculation of the speed of the Dublin-Cork night-train, in The speed of the train during prayer III. 127 My excellent friend Bombados: The quotation is from Pepita, a comic opera in three acts, by Charles Lecocq. The character's name should read Bombardos. For details see: Harald Beck, "My Excellent Friend Bombados", in James Joyce Broadsheet 83, June 2009, p. 3. (HB)
IV. 216 crossblind: read up on this decorative feature in The crossblind crux
V. 279 A crocodile seized the child: read up on the Classical crocodile syllogism in Did he bring his crocodile?
V. 2745-50 John Alphonsus Mulrenan: a real-life Mulrennan suggested in the article Mulrennan from the west of Ireland Stephen Hero XX (pp. 117-8) Glynn: a likely source for
Cranly's friend Glynn offered in the article Professor Bloody-Big-Umbrella Glynn
XXI (p. 133) human ostrich: historical prototypes for the expression provided in the article The human ostrich XXVI. (p. 221) MAD COW AT CABRA: a constellation of newspaper stories near Bloomsday highlighted in Mad Cow at Cabra |
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