ext_38092 ([identity profile] dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] indeedsir_backup 2011-12-01 05:54 am (UTC)

I don't know of a specific reference or origin for this expression so maybe somebody else can do better, but it just means that Bertie will be in a good mood and raring to go. To me it calls to mind a milk maid or someone skipping through the Alps and about to burst into song a la Julie Andrews in the opening of The Sound of Music. The braid specifically implies an outdoorsy sportiness. A lady's long hair might be done up in a braid if she were going to be doing something active; tennis, or skipping through the Alps with a milk pail.

Those are just my impressions though. I'd like to know if anybody has something more concrete.

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