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In
Eternal Geomater; The Sexual Universe of Finnegans Wake
(Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969, pp.77-80) Margaret
C. Solomon observes that "[Tea] pertains to both sex and
micturition, and it belongs to the discussion of both fruitful and
unfruitful union....Sexual implications are provided in context by
subtle references to tail and spout (overcautelousness';
'spout of the moment')....Tea undoubtedly refers to a kind of
mutual fertility connected with the sexual act.
Teatime is bedtime; 'bedtime, teatime,' is a note in the Scribbledehobble
notebook, (p. 178). 'Teasetime'
(FW 191.28) is teaparty time for two....The discussion of tea,
however, is not ended by the mere assertion of its fertility
symbolism. We must
surely see the regenerative connections between tea and the
firewater-whiskey which plays such an important part in the Wake." Also
pertinent, Frances Boldereff notes that "The princess Tea was one
of the most illustrious female rulers of ancient Erin.
The ancient seanachies contain many legends of Tea, showing that
in ancient Ireland women were held in high reverence" (p. 245). This
list of "tea" references was published in Reading Finnegans
Wake by Frances M. Boldereff (pp. 245-46). Tayboil
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