christmas box
christmas box n. Men and women exchange clothes with each other, and go from house to house singing and dancing, on which occasion Christmas-boxes are expected, and generally granted previous to the performance. [The Christmas boxes are ] presents, not in coin, for this is not in common use there, b...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14375 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 christmas box 1976/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14375 eng eng C 1819 ANSPACH Nfld 476-7 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14120 C_14120_christmas box n. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14375 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z christmas box n. Men and women exchange clothes with each other, and go from house to house singing and dancing, on which occasion Christmas-boxes are expected, and generally granted previous to the performance. [The Christmas boxes are ] presents, not in coin, for this is not in common use there, but in eatables, from turkey or a quarter of veal or mutton, or a piece of beef just killed for the occasion, down to a nicely smoked salmon. yes PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story 3/76 JH 3/76 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I christmas box on you Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 07 Oct 2015; head word contains a hyphen Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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christmas box n. Men and women exchange clothes with each other, and go from house to house singing and dancing, on which occasion Christmas-boxes are expected, and generally granted previous to the performance. [The Christmas boxes are ] presents, not in coin, for this is not in common use there, but in eatables, from turkey or a quarter of veal or mutton, or a piece of beef just killed for the occasion, down to a nicely smoked salmon. yes PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story 3/76 JH 3/76 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I christmas box on you Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 07 Oct 2015; head word contains a hyphen |
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Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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C 1819 ANSPACH Nfld 476-7 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14120 C_14120_christmas box n. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14375 |
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