[LMB] "Grass Widow"

[Hendon, Alison]

One question that I remember from some book (sorry) was in regards to a
widow: "Grass or sod?"  I took it to mean - was the husband divorced or
dead?

Alison

Alison Hendon
Youth Selection Team Leader
Brooklyn Public Library
a.hendon at brooklynpubliclibrary.org
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lois-bujold-bounces at lists.herald.co.uk 
> [mailto:lois-bujold-bounces at lists.herald.co.uk] On Behalf Of 
> Jim Parish
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:02 PM
> To: Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold.
> Subject: [LMB] "Grass Widow"
> 
> There's an interesting article on the etymology of this 
> phrase at http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gra1.htm
> (on-topic due to Fawn's confusion over its meaning, in _Beguilement_).
> (I will admit that I was not familiar with the meaning Dag 
> assigns it, but the article clears that up.)
> 
> Jim Parish
>