| 单词 | harvest maiden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasharvest maiden a. The last handful of corn cut in the harvest field, often roughly shaped into the figure of a girl or some other form, decorated with ribbons, and hung up in the house (cf. kirn-baby n.). Also harvest maiden. ΚΠ 1734 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 177/3 3 Bottles of Whiskie to the shearers when they got his Graces Maiden. 1794 Har'st Rig cxxxvi. 42 For now the Maiden has been win, And Winter is at last brought in. 1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 550 The fortunate lass who took the maiden was the Queen of the feast. 1814 J. Train Strains of Mountain Muse 95 A former neighbour..Who had with them for wedding bruises run, And from them oft the harvest maiden won. 1885 E. E. Guthrie Old Sc. Customs 130 The ‘Maiden’ was dressed out, generally in the form of a cross, and hung up..in some conspicuous part of the house. 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xliii. 248 We remember seeing half a century ago..the carting home of the Maiden, the last sheaf from the last outstanding field of corn. 1962 Scots Mag. June 210 The Maiden was plaited and hung on the kitchen ceiling. < as lemmas |
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