g.p. a glass (half-pint) of porter.
gaiter a cloth or leather covering for the instep and ankle, and, sometimes, the calf of the leg; a spat or legging.
gasworks a plant where gas for heating and lighting is prepared.
German monarch Edward VII (1841–1910); the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1901–10), son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, both of whom were of German descent.
get inside me (slang) take my place.
gnomon a column or pin on a sundial that casts a shadow indicating the time of day.
go visiting perform a particular square dance figure.
goster (Irish-English) gossip.
got on (slang) succeeded.
Grace the unmerited love and favor of God toward mankind.
great with him close to him, though not sexually intimate.
Guttapercha a rubberlike gum produced from the latex of various southeast Asian trees.
had a tricky little black bottle up in a corner (slang) sold liquor illegally.
had the organ in Haddington Road played the organ at St. Mary's Church on Haddington Road, in south-central Dublin.
hairy (slang) cunning.
Half ten 10:30.
Half time (slang) time out.
Hallow Eve games referring here to a game in which players are led blindfolded to a table where saucers have been arranged: One holds a prayerbook, one a ring, one some water, and the fourth some clay. If the blindfolded participant chooses the prayerbook, he or she is supposed to join the priesthood or become a nun within the year. If the ring is chosen, marriage is foretold. Water means a long life, while clay means death.
handy with the mitts (slang) a good figher.
hard word unpleasant information (that employment might be available for Corley, who doesn't like to work).
harp the symbol of Ireland.
has a drop taken has drunk alcohol.
he aspirated the first letter of his name in the manner of the Florentines he pronounced Corley as "whorely."
hearing the four pages of Roman History supervising a class in Latin translation.
heliotrope reddish-purple.
her mistake Maria has sung the song's first verse twice in a row.
her silver wedding the twenty-fifth anniversary of marriage.
Here's this chap comes to the throne after his old mother keeping him out of it till the man was grey Because Queen Victoria ruled England and Ireland for over six decades, her son Edward VII did not inherit the throne until he was sixty years old.
High Toast a brand of snuff.
"Ho! Ho! Hohé, vraiment!" the refrain from "Cadet Rousel."
hop-o'-my-thumb a short person.
hunker-sliding (slang) shirking.
Hushed are the winds . . . the first stanza of the poem "On the Death of a Young Lady, Cousin of the Author, and Very Dear to Him" (1802) by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824), an English poet.
"I Dreamt That I Dwelt" a popular aria from the opera The Bohemian Girl, which is also mentioned in "Eveline." The song subtly connects this story with that one, perhaps implying that Eveline will likely end up like Maria.
instanter without delay; immediately.
Irish and Apollinaris whiskey and soda.
Irish Revival a movement, begun in the 1880s, that supported Irish culture in general, as well as a revival of Irish Gaelic as the country's national tongue. The Irish Revival will be the subject of a confrontation between Gabriel Conroy and a colleague in "The Dead."
