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...in the latest AWADMail:
It was Milton, I believe, who coined a kind of antonym to "pantheon,"
namely "pandemonium" http://wordsmith.org/words/pandemonium.html
the capital for denizens of the underworld and by extension, I suppose,
it has come to mean the type of environment one might expect of such a
place. Not that we say "pantheon broke out" or the like. :-)
and:
In Ireland the Palatine community are descendants of people who
historically came from the Rhineland-Pfals region of Germany in 1709 to
settle in County Limerick. Many Palatine surnames survive in the local
community, such as Orr, Bovenizer, Muller, Teskey, etc.
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County Limerick
I wonder if "County Limerick" gave rise to the venerable limerick rhyme, traditionally ribald in nature.
Did the Palatine community bring the rhyming limerick with them to Ireland?
And was it always 'ribald' in nature, or did it evolve into that reputation because its form was particularly well-suited to the task?
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'Twas the Palatines who did defile
The innocent "Emerald Isle".
"County Limerick, mi lass,
Gave birth, so crass,
To the limerick, which the prim revile."
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