Quiz – Nicknames of Dublin Landmarks
June 8, 2007 at 12:16 am 1 comment
Where are, or were, the following Dublin landmarks?
- The Dick with the Stick
- The Chime in the Slime
- The Fag on the Crag
- The Floozy in the Jacuzzi
- The Flue with the View
- The Hags with the Bags
- The Stiletto in the Ghetto
- The Tart with the Cart
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And the answers are:
- The Dick with the Stick – James Joyce, Earl Street
- The Chime in the Slime – in Liffey at O’Connell Bridge for the Aluminium
- The Fag on the Crag – Oscar Wilde, Merrion Square
- The Floozy in the Jacuzzi – Formerly of O’Connell Street
- The Flue with the View – Smithield Chimney
- The Hags with the Bags – Beside Ha’penny Bridge
- The Stiletto in the Ghetto – The Spire on O’Connell Street *
- The Tart with the Cart – Molly Malone, end of Grafton Street
* Song title to celebrate the Spire being finally completed – I Can See Clerys Now the Crane Has Gone.
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UnaRocks | June 8, 2007 at 10:58 am
The Oscar Wilde statue was also known as the Quare in the Square