choke cherries
choke When I was a young boy we used to pick a certain type of berry off trees. These berries used to turn your teeth brown and they thence got the local name of "chocolate plums". They had another name, also, and the first time I tatsed one I knew it was appropriate. This berry leaves a b...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/17364 2023-12-31T10:19:13+01:00 choke cherries 1972/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17364 eng eng C Arch White, 71-35/04 Pt. Leamington References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 19400 C_19400_choke http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17364 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z choke When I was a young boy we used to pick a certain type of berry off trees. These berries used to turn your teeth brown and they thence got the local name of "chocolate plums". They had another name, also, and the first time I tatsed one I knew it was appropriate. This berry leaves a bitter dry taste in your mouth akin to lemons hence the name of "CHOKE CHERRIES". JH 2/72 Not Used Not used Withdrawn [see 'chcocolate plums'] Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 18 Jul 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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choke When I was a young boy we used to pick a certain type of berry off trees. These berries used to turn your teeth brown and they thence got the local name of "chocolate plums". They had another name, also, and the first time I tatsed one I knew it was appropriate. This berry leaves a bitter dry taste in your mouth akin to lemons hence the name of "CHOKE CHERRIES". JH 2/72 Not Used Not used Withdrawn [see 'chcocolate plums'] Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 18 Jul 2016 |
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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 Arch White, 71-35/04 Pt. Leamington References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 19400 C_19400_choke http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17364 |
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