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Thread #6378   Message #2728436
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
21-Sep-09 - 07:20 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Polly Wolly Doodle
Subject: RE: Origins: Who wrote Polly Wolly Doodle
That's 'fairy fey.'

fey = having the air of one under a spell or doom, elfin, visionary

fairy = 1. fairy 2. white person

I don't see anything derogatory in simply saying farewell to a white person cause I'm goin to Lousiana.

Remember Morgan la Faye from the tales of King Arthur?