Record #:

14993

Author(s):

Wilson, Eddie W.

Abstract:

Many of the expression that are still common in western North Carolina can be dated back to the Middle Ages in England. Expressions like: \"familiar\" for \"friendly\" was used in the Canterbury Tales; two expressions used by Shakespeare which changed in form were \"ne'er a\" and \"e'er a\", that became \"nary\" and \"ary.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 10 Issue 36, Feb 1943, p9

Subject(s):

Idioms