maiden

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48640

maiden n The boys an' the maidens would get together, the's the small ones, an' we would have rings. There were three or four songs we'd sing there, an' they were all about alike where it come in to takin' a maid or kissin' a maid - you always do that; and the maiden naturally, as we learnt when we'd get older, they _ they sort o' refrain from the kiss first but nevertheless they always stood fire when _ when they come to the test, see. Yes J. D. A. Widdowson AUG 1973 DNE-cit Used I Used I 1 Used I MAID, ~ dog-berry (tree), ~ fir, SHEVAR, maidenhair, maiden ray, maiden's tresses, maiden vein Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 01 Oct 2015