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The man then right earnest asked the nun of which death the dead man was died and the nun answered him and said that he was died in Mona Island through bellycrab three year agone come
Ulysses 2003
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The man then right earnest asked the nun of which death the dead man was died and the nun answered him and said that he was died in Mona Island through bellycrab three year agone come Childermas and she prayed to God the Allruthful to have his dear soul in his undeathliness.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
diava commented on the word bellycrab
the german is "krebs" meaning among other things: cancer, crab etc
February 27, 2012