Re: Calen marth!

[John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>]

Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> >Hmm.  So the daffodil is "St. David's flower"?
> 
> In the sense that it's worn on St David's Day.

Yes, looking up the etymology of "daffodil", the "d" comes from
the Dutch article, and the rest is Latin "asphodelus" > Fr > Du > Eng.

And I so wanted there to be "Daffyd" in it.

Waah.

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John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@ccil.org
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)