Another wonderful image of a plaque on O'Connell Street, Dublin from Lonnie Noland. This is for those of us with a sweet tooth. The lines are at the very beginning of "Lestrygonians," as follows:

"Pineapple rock, lemon platt, butter scotch. A sugarsticky girl shovelling scoopfuls of creams for a christian brother. Some school treat. Bad for their tummies. Lozenge and comfit manufacturer to His Majesty the King. God. Save. Our. Sitting on his throne sucking red jujubes white."

On the plaque the first line above is linked by an ellipsis
to, "among the warm sweet fumes of Graham Lemon's," which comes a few lines later.

Gifford, with reference to, "Lozenge and comfit manufacturer to His Majesty the King," states, "The familiar and somewhat exclusive English licensing (and advertising) formula displayed outside the confectionery store of Lemon & Co., Ltd (called "Graham Lemon's" in Ulysses ) at 49 Sackville (now O'Connell) Street Lower.

Gifford also says "God. Save. Our." is reference to "God Save the King" the unofficial national anthem of Great Britain.

Here is an interesting Lestrygonians site:

http://emsah.uq.edu.au/ulysses/lestrygonians.htm

Chuck