Blue Puttee

blue a Since no khaki woollen material suitable for making puttees was available [at St John's in 1914], the troops at Pleasantville were issued puttees of navy blue. The only Newfoundland soldiers to wear these were the members of the First Contingent who left St. John's in October 1914....

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11698
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11698 2023-12-31T10:15:21+01:00 Blue Puttee 1976/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11698 eng eng B 1964 NICHOLSON The Fighting Newfoundlander 110 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4525 B_4525_blue a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11698 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z blue a Since no khaki woollen material suitable for making puttees was available [at St John's in 1914], the troops at Pleasantville were issued puttees of navy blue. The only Newfoundland soldiers to wear these were the members of the First Contingent who left St. John's in October 1914. To be a "Blue Puttee" was to be a member of the famous First Five Hundred. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DNE-cit GMS Jan 76 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
Blue Puttee
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description blue a Since no khaki woollen material suitable for making puttees was available [at St John's in 1914], the troops at Pleasantville were issued puttees of navy blue. The only Newfoundland soldiers to wear these were the members of the First Contingent who left St. John's in October 1914. To be a "Blue Puttee" was to be a member of the famous First Five Hundred. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DNE-cit GMS Jan 76 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I
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title Blue Puttee
title_short Blue Puttee
title_full Blue Puttee
title_fullStr Blue Puttee
title_full_unstemmed Blue Puttee
title_sort blue puttee
publishDate 1976
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11698
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
1964 NICHOLSON The Fighting Newfoundlander 110
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4525
B_4525_blue a
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