cabbage grub

cabbage grub The following riddle was one of the favourites of my father. He got it when he worked in the woods at Deer Lake or Howley. "If it come it no come, But if it no come it come. The answer was a 'Cabbage Grub'. If the grub came to the cabbage then the cabbage would not grow,...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17723
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/17723 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 cabbage grub 1971/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17723 eng eng C Rodger Hobbs, 69-17/40 Elliston References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18579 C_18579_cabbage grub http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17723 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 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z cabbage grub The following riddle was one of the favourites of my father. He got it when he worked in the woods at Deer Lake or Howley. "If it come it no come, But if it no come it come. The answer was a 'Cabbage Grub'. If the grub came to the cabbage then the cabbage would not grow, but if it (the grub) did not come then the cabbage did. NOTE: A grub was the larva of an insect. DNE-cit DNE-cit JH 8/71 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 12 Jul 2016, stamped but not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
cabbage grub
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description cabbage grub The following riddle was one of the favourites of my father. He got it when he worked in the woods at Deer Lake or Howley. "If it come it no come, But if it no come it come. The answer was a 'Cabbage Grub'. If the grub came to the cabbage then the cabbage would not grow, but if it (the grub) did not come then the cabbage did. NOTE: A grub was the larva of an insect. DNE-cit DNE-cit JH 8/71 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 12 Jul 2016, stamped but not used
format Manuscript
title cabbage grub
title_short cabbage grub
title_full cabbage grub
title_fullStr cabbage grub
title_full_unstemmed cabbage grub
title_sort cabbage grub
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17723
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation C
Rodger Hobbs, 69-17/40
Elliston
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
18579
C_18579_cabbage grub
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