christmas box

christmas box n "_Christmas box_ on ye!". This is indeed a Christmas greeting meaning Merry Christmas and I hope you get lots of good things? It's a very common expression used by the older folks only in Fox Hr. It's said by most old people in a joyous and happy mood and even you...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/13989 2023-12-31T10:18:23+01:00 christmas box xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13989 eng eng C 48 71-107 Kelly, Mike Eng.3400 28 Fox Hr. now living in St. John's Michael Duke (first) fisherman 86 Fox Hr. his ancestors & relatives Fox Hr. - 1950s & 1960s from him & others July 7/1971 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14126 C_14126_christmas box n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13989 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z christmas box n "_Christmas box_ on ye!". This is indeed a Christmas greeting meaning Merry Christmas and I hope you get lots of good things? It's a very common expression used by the older folks only in Fox Hr. It's said by most old people in a joyous and happy mood and even young people are not surprised to hear this because their own relatives use it. The reaction by the young is a return complement of either _over_ [reverse] 1) Merry Christmas or 2) The same to you. There's a answer to this but given usually again by older people (70 and over) It is " Mine on top of yours!" Yes DICT CEN. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I Christmas box on you Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri Oct 09 2015; head word contains a hyphen; "Newfoundland Folklore Survey" card; Reverse side of C_14125 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description christmas box n "_Christmas box_ on ye!". This is indeed a Christmas greeting meaning Merry Christmas and I hope you get lots of good things? It's a very common expression used by the older folks only in Fox Hr. It's said by most old people in a joyous and happy mood and even young people are not surprised to hear this because their own relatives use it. The reaction by the young is a return complement of either _over_ [reverse] 1) Merry Christmas or 2) The same to you. There's a answer to this but given usually again by older people (70 and over) It is " Mine on top of yours!" Yes DICT CEN. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I Christmas box on you Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri Oct 09 2015; head word contains a hyphen; "Newfoundland Folklore Survey" card; Reverse side of C_14125
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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48 71-107
Kelly, Mike Eng.3400 28 Fox Hr. now living in St. John's Michael Duke (first) fisherman 86 Fox Hr. his ancestors & relatives Fox Hr. - 1950s & 1960s from him & others July 7/1971
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14126
C_14126_christmas box n
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