(cobby) cubby or _chainey_ house

chainey Children played with bits and pieces of broken "china", crockeryware. Bits with flowers or patters, and coloured glass were especially prized. I think one of the things we did with them was to outline on the ground a sort of floor plan of a house - kitchen, bedrooms, etc., and then...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/16794
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Summary:chainey Children played with bits and pieces of broken "china", crockeryware. Bits with flowers or patters, and coloured glass were especially prized. I think one of the things we did with them was to outline on the ground a sort of floor plan of a house - kitchen, bedrooms, etc., and then played "house ". On second thoughts, I think we outlined the house with stones. DNE-cit JH JH 2/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'cobbey', 'babby house'] etc. 'trams' Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 14 Jul 2016

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