Origin of the word lady.
It was anciently the custum in England for those whom fortune had blessed with affluence, to live constantly at their manor houses in the country, where once a week, ot oftener, the lady of the manor distributed to her poor neighbours with her own hands, a certain quantity of bread.
She was denominated by those who shared her bounty, the laff dien, which in saxon signifies, the bread-giver.
A gradual corruption in the manner of pronouncing the word has produced the modern term lady.
It is probable that from this hospitable custum arose the practice still universally existing, of ladies serving the meat at their own tables.
Le Journal des demoiselles, septembre 1844.
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