Daddy-die

daddy-die The flowers known as, I think, Queen Anne's Lace are known on Random Is. as "Daddy-die" flowers. It is said that if you pick them your father will die. . . . The foam seen clinging to the base of the bud is called "fly-spit". DNE-cit JH 12-71 Not used [see 'de...

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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/21166
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Summary:daddy-die The flowers known as, I think, Queen Anne's Lace are known on Random Is. as "Daddy-die" flowers. It is said that if you pick them your father will die. . . . The foam seen clinging to the base of the bud is called "fly-spit". DNE-cit JH 12-71 Not used [see 'deadman's flowers']

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