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Thread #126485   Message #2810183
Posted By: Richard Bridge
12-Jan-10 - 01:38 PM
Thread Name: Scots words in Flower of Northumberland
Subject: RE: Scots words in Flower of Northumberland
I suspect, Reiver, that the "siller" reference (which, incidentally is I am pretty sure a generic for "money" not simply silver money) is two fold. First it references dowry customs, and also it is a suggestive comment that the daughter has not lost what really attracts a man, namely her sexual attractiveness and availability: the old comment that one does not miss a slice off a cut loaf.