Difference between revisions of "Merries"
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| − | * ''' | + | * '''Needles and pins, blankets and shins, when a man's married his sorrow begins''' (''proverb'') |
| − | ** | + | ** ''when a mon merries his lute is all long:'' when a man marries (or makes merry, as below) his life is all gone |
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* '''merries:''' makes merry; is in high spirits; is mildly drunk | * '''merries:''' makes merry; is in high spirits; is mildly drunk | ||
| − | * '''Merry Christmas''' → [ | + | * '''merries:''' burries (in a graveyard?) |
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| + | * '''merries:''' plays (his lute)? | ||
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| + | * '''Merry Christmas''' → [[Page_3|FW 003.05-06]]: [[scraggy isthmus]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:07, 7 July 2009
- Needles and pins, blankets and shins, when a man's married his sorrow begins (proverb)
- when a mon merries his lute is all long: when a man marries (or makes merry, as below) his life is all gone
- marries
- merries: makes merry; is in high spirits; is mildly drunk
- merries: burries (in a graveyard?)
- merries: plays (his lute)?
- Merry Christmas → FW 003.05-06: scraggy isthmus
