E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Mélusines (3 syl.).
Gingerbread cakes bearing the impress of a beautiful woman “bien coiffée,” with a serpent’s tail; made by confectioners for the May fair in the neighbourhood of Lusignan, near Poitiers. The allusion is to the transformation of the fairy Melusi’na every Saturday. (See above.)
