Hi, I am searching for the meaning of the phrase "a fig for --", if this is included in sentence like below:
"Then a fig for the new fashioned waltzes
Imported from Spain and from France
And a fig for the thing called the polka
Our own Irish jig we will dance."
---Is it just a shortened form of "a figure", or fig as "a scrap"?
Also, an Irish band "Provision" has released an album called "A fig for a kiss", and I just wondered the same meaning as that in question. ---Please help!
"Then a fig for the new fashioned waltzes
Imported from Spain and from France
And a fig for the thing called the polka
Our own Irish jig we will dance."
---Is it just a shortened form of "a figure", or fig as "a scrap"?
Also, an Irish band "Provision" has released an album called "A fig for a kiss", and I just wondered the same meaning as that in question. ---Please help!