QUEEN OF THE MAY • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Queen of the May

... entrance of the visitor she started up in bed. "Whoop," she yelled, "I am to be Queen of the May, mother, ye-e!" ...

— Literary Lapses • Stephen Leacock

... ends, and as it grows rather warm, her partner leads her away to a cool music-room, whence proceed melodious sounds. It is Trixy at the piano, informing a select audience in shrill soprano, and in the character of the "Queen of the May," that "She had been wild and wayward, but she was not wayward now." Edith's partner finds her a seat and volunteers to go for an ice. As she sits fanning herself, she sees Charley approaching with a young man of about ...

— A Terrible Secret • May Agnes Fleming