doing her dust

doing her dust . . . this is a common saying among the women of Wesleyville. Often I would hear my [boarding] mistress say, "She's doing her dust." The baby would be kicking her feet, mover her hands in the air and making sounds. DNE-cit JH 3/72 not used Not used Withdrawn stamped but...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20683
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/20683 2023-12-31T10:18:24+01:00 doing her dust 1972/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20683 eng eng D Jim Combden, 71-90/43 Wesleyville References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16020 D_16020_doing her dust http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20683 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 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z doing her dust . . . this is a common saying among the women of Wesleyville. Often I would hear my [boarding] mistress say, "She's doing her dust." The baby would be kicking her feet, mover her hands in the air and making sounds. DNE-cit JH 3/72 not used Not used Withdrawn stamped but not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
doing her dust
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description doing her dust . . . this is a common saying among the women of Wesleyville. Often I would hear my [boarding] mistress say, "She's doing her dust." The baby would be kicking her feet, mover her hands in the air and making sounds. DNE-cit JH 3/72 not used Not used Withdrawn stamped but not used
format Manuscript
title doing her dust
title_short doing her dust
title_full doing her dust
title_fullStr doing her dust
title_full_unstemmed doing her dust
title_sort doing her dust
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20683
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 D
Jim Combden, 71-90/43 Wesleyville
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16020
D_16020_doing her dust
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