palla perra
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since 1807. From palla (“straw”) or pala (“cave”) and perra probably from petrea (“of stone”).
Noun[edit]
palla perra f (plural pallas perras)
- drawing straws and other similar games
- 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:
- botouvos a palla perra as freygesìas da fora, hastra sair vinte e catro, e de cada una delas trouxo unha Rapasa virxe pra darchele Suselénsia o dote pro casamento
- he drew straws for the outer parishes till there were twenty four, and out of each one he brought a virgin girl for His Excellency to give to her the dowry for her wedding
- 2019, Xavier Castro, Servir era o pan do demo. Historia da vida cotiá en Galicia. (Séculos XIX e XX), Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN:
- Tamén empregábase o procedemento de “a palla perra”: íanse presentando aos integrantes das cuadrillas pallas de centeo de diferentes tamaños, disimulándoas coa man para que non se notase o tamaño. Describiremos sumariamente ...
- It was also used the procedure of drawing straws: rye straws of different sizes were offered to each component of the team, concealing them in the hand so that the size was not revealed.
References[edit]
- “palla perra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.