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 Queen of the Eastern Archipel’ago.Queen of the North. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Queen of the May.
 
A village lass chosen to preside over the parish sports on May Day. Tennyson has a poem on the subject.   1
 


 Queen of the Eastern Archipel’ago.Queen of the North. 

 
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