blubber soap

blubber n Usually in the fall, Elliston women made their own "blubber" soap or "soft" soap, as it never really hardened properly, although they cut it into bars. . . . in Elliston, the majority of the women used rotted cod livers called "blubber" instead[[of household f...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/10731 2023-12-31T10:19:17+01:00 blubber soap 1973/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10731 eng eng B 1972 MURRAY Traditional Role of Women 205 Elliston References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4463 B_4463_blubber n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10731 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z blubber n Usually in the fall, Elliston women made their own "blubber" soap or "soft" soap, as it never really hardened properly, although they cut it into bars. . . . in Elliston, the majority of the women used rotted cod livers called "blubber" instead[[of household fats], hence the name "blubber" soap. Blubber and wood ashes were boiled together in a pot until stringy like "lassy candy". Then it was poured out, cooled, and cut in bars. See cited quotation. DNE-cit W. Kirwin, 3/73 JH 3/73 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
blubber soap
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description blubber n Usually in the fall, Elliston women made their own "blubber" soap or "soft" soap, as it never really hardened properly, although they cut it into bars. . . . in Elliston, the majority of the women used rotted cod livers called "blubber" instead[[of household fats], hence the name "blubber" soap. Blubber and wood ashes were boiled together in a pot until stringy like "lassy candy". Then it was poured out, cooled, and cut in bars. See cited quotation. DNE-cit W. Kirwin, 3/73 JH 3/73 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I
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title blubber soap
title_short blubber soap
title_full blubber soap
title_fullStr blubber soap
title_full_unstemmed blubber soap
title_sort blubber soap
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10731
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
1972 MURRAY Traditional Role of Women 205
Elliston
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4463
B_4463_blubber n
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