blubber soap

blubber n Much codfish blubber soap was made, using wood ash lye. The houses where it was made stank to High Heaven, but it was part of the economy of the time and many dollars were saved on cleaning. It was a light brown colour. Soap was made from discarded pork rinds, grease skimmings from cooking...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12187
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/12187 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 blubber soap 1977/12/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12187 eng eng B 1976 _Decks Awash_, Aug., p.29 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4465 B_4465_blubber n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12187 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 1977 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z blubber n Much codfish blubber soap was made, using wood ash lye. The houses where it was made stank to High Heaven, but it was part of the economy of the time and many dollars were saved on cleaning. It was a light brown colour. Soap was made from discarded pork rinds, grease skimmings from cooking pots and pieces of fatty substances that might be lying around. Tinned Gilletts Lye was used for this. It was a grayish colour, did not have an offensive odour, and was therefore an im- provement on the blubber . . . See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story 12/77 JH 12/77 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used 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
blubber soap
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description blubber n Much codfish blubber soap was made, using wood ash lye. The houses where it was made stank to High Heaven, but it was part of the economy of the time and many dollars were saved on cleaning. It was a light brown colour. Soap was made from discarded pork rinds, grease skimmings from cooking pots and pieces of fatty substances that might be lying around. Tinned Gilletts Lye was used for this. It was a grayish colour, did not have an offensive odour, and was therefore an im- provement on the blubber . . . See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story 12/77 JH 12/77 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used
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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 1977
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12187
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
1976 _Decks Awash_, Aug., p.29
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4465
B_4465_blubber n
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