Gutenmorg with his cromagnon charter, tintingfats and 
     great prime must once for omniboss stepp rubrickredd 
     out of the wordpress’ (20.5). The ‘mutthering pot’ is an 
     allusion to Alchemy, but there is some other significance 
     connected with writing, for the next time the word 
     appears it is again in a context concerning improvement 
     in systems of communication. The passage is: ‘All the 
     airish signics of her dipandump helpabit from an Father 
     Hogam till the Mutther Masons, . . .’ (223.3) ‘Dipandump 
     helpabit’ combine the deaf and dumb alphabet’s signs in 
     the air—or airish signs—with the ups and downs of the 
     ordinary ABC and the more pronounced ups and downs of 
     Irish Ogham writing. The Mason, following this, must be 
     the man of that name who invented steel pen nibs. But all 
     I can suggest for ‘mutther’ is the muttering of 
     Freemasons which does not fit the context, although