Blessed Bran

blessed This lady also told me that it was a custom on Ash Wednesday for everyone to recei ve a piece of _Blessed_ _Bran_. Apparently wood was burned to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday. The placing of ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday is a custom of the Roman Catholic Church. The wood that rem...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11865
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11865 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 Blessed Bran 1973/11/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11865 eng eng B Madonna Slaney, Ms71-121/6-7 Harbour Main, CB References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4354 B_4354_blessed http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11865 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 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z blessed This lady also told me that it was a custom on Ash Wednesday for everyone to recei ve a piece of _Blessed_ _Bran_. Apparently wood was burned to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday. The placing of ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday is a custom of the Roman Catholic Church. The wood that remained unburnt was called Blessed Bran. Each person had to clean out his stove and lay a new fire with this piece of Blessed Bran at the bottom. This burning of the Blessed Bran would protect the house from fire for that year. This custom has also died out. Yes DNE-cit JH 11/73 Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE I as M 71-121 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Blessed Bran
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description blessed This lady also told me that it was a custom on Ash Wednesday for everyone to recei ve a piece of _Blessed_ _Bran_. Apparently wood was burned to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday. The placing of ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday is a custom of the Roman Catholic Church. The wood that remained unburnt was called Blessed Bran. Each person had to clean out his stove and lay a new fire with this piece of Blessed Bran at the bottom. This burning of the Blessed Bran would protect the house from fire for that year. This custom has also died out. Yes DNE-cit JH 11/73 Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE I as M 71-121
format Manuscript
title Blessed Bran
title_short Blessed Bran
title_full Blessed Bran
title_fullStr Blessed Bran
title_full_unstemmed Blessed Bran
title_sort blessed bran
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11865
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
Madonna Slaney, Ms71-121/6-7
Harbour Main, CB
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4354
B_4354_blessed
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