Brewis

brewis n A hard tack, hard bread or hard biscuit that has been soaked overnight and brought to a boil. It is usually eaten with salt or fresh fish and served with pork scrunchions.Before being put to soak the bread is usually broken and one story says that the cookee on a schooner would be told to b...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1967
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11008
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11008 2023-12-31T10:19:18+01:00 Brewis 1967/05/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11008 eng eng B 1958 Nfld Dishes 64 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 9195 B_9195_brewis n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11008 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 1967 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z brewis n A hard tack, hard bread or hard biscuit that has been soaked overnight and brought to a boil. It is usually eaten with salt or fresh fish and served with pork scrunchions.Before being put to soak the bread is usually broken and one story says that the cookee on a schooner would be told to break up the bread or "bruise the bread", hence the name bruise or brewis. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story May 1967 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used Card is stamped DNE-cit, but its contents are not used. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Brewis
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description brewis n A hard tack, hard bread or hard biscuit that has been soaked overnight and brought to a boil. It is usually eaten with salt or fresh fish and served with pork scrunchions.Before being put to soak the bread is usually broken and one story says that the cookee on a schooner would be told to break up the bread or "bruise the bread", hence the name bruise or brewis. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story May 1967 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used Card is stamped DNE-cit, but its contents are not used.
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title Brewis
title_short Brewis
title_full Brewis
title_fullStr Brewis
title_full_unstemmed Brewis
title_sort brewis
publishDate 1967
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
1958 Nfld Dishes 64
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
9195
B_9195_brewis n
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