cups and saucers

cup These are plants bearing pink flowers, growing in clusters. They grow near the ground in bushes similar to blueberry bushes. I believe they are a species mountain laurel. I don't know why they are called cups and saucers, but as children, we used to pick the flowers apart and try to make th...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19352
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/19352 2023-12-31T10:18:55+01:00 cups and saucers xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19352 eng eng C Grace Moore. Windsor February 1966 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18204 C_18204_cup http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19352 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z cup These are plants bearing pink flowers, growing in clusters. They grow near the ground in bushes similar to blueberry bushes. I believe they are a species mountain laurel. I don't know why they are called cups and saucers, but as children, we used to pick the flowers apart and try to make them into cups and saucers. Used I Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 08 Jul 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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cups and saucers
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description cup These are plants bearing pink flowers, growing in clusters. They grow near the ground in bushes similar to blueberry bushes. I believe they are a species mountain laurel. I don't know why they are called cups and saucers, but as children, we used to pick the flowers apart and try to make them into cups and saucers. Used I Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 08 Jul 2016
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title cups and saucers
title_short cups and saucers
title_full cups and saucers
title_fullStr cups and saucers
title_full_unstemmed cups and saucers
title_sort cups and saucers
publishDate
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19352
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
Grace Moore. Windsor February 1966
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
18204
C_18204_cup
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19352
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