Word: irelander
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which is beyond expression". This alphabet, Mr. Ennis holds, was "systematically and deliberately constructed to embody funds of Knowledge", so that "every letter had a hidden meaning, and words in current use today retain the meaning which the group of letters gave." And accepting the tradition which exists in Ireland, in Greece and in Egypt of an ancient alphabet of sixteen letters the author seeks to prove that the well-known nursery catch, "Ena dena, dina, do, catch a nigger by the toe, etc.," is this lost alphabet, preserved by generations of children, who repeated it almost subconsciously, perfectly oblivious...
Group one: (a) My Bonny Lass Thomas Morley (b) Chorus from "The Gondoliers" Sir Arthur Sullivan Group two: (a) The Fathom Five John Ireland (b) Football Songs Fair Harvard Words by Samuel Kilman 1811 The Banjo Club (a) 1923 Review arranged by Rice (b) Up the Street Morse The Mandolin Club (a) Swing Song Barnes (b) Marcheia Scherizinger The University Orchestra (a) A specialty number...
...treatment with goat thyroid extract. A race of tall men may be bred. 2) Ethylene, the new anaesthetic (TIME, March 17) has been used in 907 cases in Chicago clinics, only one resulting fatally. 3) Sir William I. de Courcy Wheeler, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, was a special guest. 4) Dr. "Will" Mayo (TIME, May 19) was a prominent figure, as usual. He made an address summarizing surgical progress. 5) Dr. Albert J. Ochsner, of the University of Illinois and Augustana Hospital, Chicago, was installed at President, succeeding Dr. Harvey Gushing, Boston...
...Queen Victoria was extremely gracious. She asked Mrs. Hearst many questions about America and her recent visit to Ireland. She also asked about Mrs. Hearst's children and about Mr. Hearst...
DEIRDRE-James Stephens-Macmillan ($2.50). The story of Deirdre, Ireland's Helen of Troy-the pursuit of her by King Conachur of Ulster- her flight with Naoise, son of Usna-her life in exile with Naoise and his brothers-her ruinous beauty-the tragic end of it all and the tremendous last fight where the sons of Usna, caught in Conachur's treacherous net, were conquered at last by magic, after slaying their hundreds. And Deirdre died on her young husband's body, singing their keen. A beautiful retelling of one of the finest folk-tales...