Monday, August 1, 2016

Lizz Murphy - Poem 211: Lilt xxvi. The Red Hand of Ulster


LILT xxvi.

 




The former flag of the Northern Irish government 1953-72

The flag of the Province of Ulster

13 comments:

  1. Dear Lizz, Please a photo of the Red Hand!

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  3. Thanx heaps everyone. A red hand coming Rob - hoping to use my own photos but slow computer hampering lots of things

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  4. This is great, Lizz. (I can imagine the Galician prince being told 'Sorry, but that's cheating, it's against the rules, you're supposed to have your hand attached to your wrist in order for it to be defined as a 'touch', so you're disqualified, you dago pillock.')

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  5. look forward to the image of this red hand! maybe I will stitch one for you Lizz!

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  6. hehe you could use an image of a whole ham on the bone being sliced....just a thought (inspired by the poem, though).

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  7. Intriguing juxtapositions between the verses.

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  8. Thanks again for the great comments. I've added a couple of official Red Hands for interest. It's also used in Irish heraldry and has associations with certain families and also mythical figures - I never knew any of this growing up - I have a whole lot more reading to do!

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  9. Ah. The Red Hand. Thanks. Lizz. The mythic become real.

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