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Noia verda (f)

(with) definite article: ? [sa/la?]
(the) green chick / girl; ➺ remark(s) below
Sac de gemecs

NB¹: In Podnos ignorantly presented as a "Spanish" term (and in Index I, p.114, erroneously spelt "Noia verde"); NB²: ➺ Similar terms (According to Tomàs i Cucurull, the use of the adjective "verda" in these terms indicates that in certain regions the colour of the protective / decorative cover (Vestit) was traditionally green).


Sources

Vallverdú i Segura, Jordi "Xufu": Sac de Gemecs: Rescued to play. In: Chanter, Winter 1995, p.32 (»Amades).

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.30 (»Donostia/Tomás).