chin-music

chin n The following expression was given to me by a friend from Renews who heard it from her father. Up until about 60-70 years ago, the type of music at weddings was termed "chin-music", that is singing. I heard this expression before at home in Buchans but I thought it meant the fiddle...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12866
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/12866 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 chin-music 1972/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12866 eng eng C Sr. Catherine Mooney, 71-41/63 Renews References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13804 C_13804_chin n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12866 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z chin n The following expression was given to me by a friend from Renews who heard it from her father. Up until about 60-70 years ago, the type of music at weddings was termed "chin-music", that is singing. I heard this expression before at home in Buchans but I thought it meant the fiddle or some similar instrument. However, my informant told me that if the people had no instruments, which sometimes happened, they called for 'chin-music" and someone would sing. The singing was just sounds like "da da da da dee deedy de de" These sounds were kept up for hours. yes DNE-cit JH 2/72 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used CHIN MUSIC, MOUTH MUSIC Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sun 26 Apr 2015; Card marked DNE-cit, but 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
chin-music
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description chin n The following expression was given to me by a friend from Renews who heard it from her father. Up until about 60-70 years ago, the type of music at weddings was termed "chin-music", that is singing. I heard this expression before at home in Buchans but I thought it meant the fiddle or some similar instrument. However, my informant told me that if the people had no instruments, which sometimes happened, they called for 'chin-music" and someone would sing. The singing was just sounds like "da da da da dee deedy de de" These sounds were kept up for hours. yes DNE-cit JH 2/72 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used CHIN MUSIC, MOUTH MUSIC Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sun 26 Apr 2015; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.
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title chin-music
title_short chin-music
title_full chin-music
title_fullStr chin-music
title_full_unstemmed chin-music
title_sort chin-music
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12866
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 C
Sr. Catherine Mooney, 71-41/63
Renews
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13804
C_13804_chin n
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