blowin' the Christmas Puddin
christmas n. "On Christmas Day the people on the Horse Island's carry out something that I never heard before in my life. On Christmas Day I was astonished to hear so many gun shots and ran quickly about to see what was wrong. There they have a fashion of Blowin the Christmas Puddin'...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14217 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 blowin' the Christmas Puddin 1971/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14217 eng eng C Lawrence Small, 67-16/12 Horse Islands References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14094 C_14094_christmas n. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14217 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z christmas n. "On Christmas Day the people on the Horse Island's carry out something that I never heard before in my life. On Christmas Day I was astonished to hear so many gun shots and ran quickly about to see what was wrong. There they have a fashion of Blowin the Christmas Puddin' out of the pot. As the wife or woman of the house is lifting the Puddin from the pot, the husband or man of the house is standing outside the back door with the gun. As soon as the Puddin rises out, the shot is fired into the air." (I never heard it before and not at Moreton's Harbout- LS) yes DNE-cit JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 3 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 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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christmas n. "On Christmas Day the people on the Horse Island's carry out something that I never heard before in my life. On Christmas Day I was astonished to hear so many gun shots and ran quickly about to see what was wrong. There they have a fashion of Blowin the Christmas Puddin' out of the pot. As the wife or woman of the house is lifting the Puddin from the pot, the husband or man of the house is standing outside the back door with the gun. As soon as the Puddin rises out, the shot is fired into the air." (I never heard it before and not at Moreton's Harbout- LS) yes DNE-cit JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 3 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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C Lawrence Small, 67-16/12 Horse Islands References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14094 C_14094_christmas n. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14217 |
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