Christmas, bit of

christmas n. No visitor could leave the house without a "bit of Christmas" - a sampling of the Christmas cake, and a drink. The drink might be tea or hot peppermint, or even cold syrup during the recent years.The "home-brew" (i.e. beer) and the 'drop' of rum was only se...

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Bibliographic Details
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/13990
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Summary:christmas n. No visitor could leave the house without a "bit of Christmas" - a sampling of the Christmas cake, and a drink. The drink might be tea or hot peppermint, or even cold syrup during the recent years.The "home-brew" (i.e. beer) and the 'drop' of rum was only served to the male visiters. yes DNE-cit W.Kirwin, 3/73 JH 3/73 Used I and Sup not used 2 Used I blow the christmas pudding, christmas apple, christmas back-junk, JUNK, christmas block, christmas box, christmas fish, christmas log, christmas masque, christmas time, TIME, christmas tree Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 07 Oct 2015

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