Lei (garland) Lei (garland) Lei () is a garland or wreath. More loosely defined, a lei is any series of objects strung together with the intent to be worn. The most popular concept of a "lei" in Hawaiian culture is a wreath of flowers presented upon arriving or leaving as a symbol of affection. This concept was popularized through tourism between the Hawaiian Islands and the continental United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Children and sweethearts are poetically referred to as "lei" and many ancient and modern songs and chants refer to this imagery. A lei can be given to
Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 it has been added as attributed in Northumbrian Minstrelsy by Bruce and Stokoe, 1882 Geordie dialect words Joseph Ritson Ritson's Northern Garlands 1810 Ritson's Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792 Ritson's Yorkshire Garland 1809 Ritson's North-Country Chorister 1809 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 (or to give its full title – "The Northumberland Garland; or Newcastle Nightingale: A matchless collection of famous songs [As originally edited by the late John Ritson, Esq.] ----Old Tyne shall listen to my tale, and echo, down the bordering vale, The liquid melody prolong. Akenside ---- Newcastle