Symmetric Celtic Sycophancy

Since the earliest times (of, for example, Aristophanes) the ultimate demand made by a man, dominant in a social group, for recognition by his sycophants (the word itself being an obvious euphemism), has been “Kiss my arse”. Almost all European languages have equivalent expressions [1]. The Gaelic version, “Pogue Mahone”, is widely known as it is used as the name of a British pop group…