drung

drung n . . . Mr. L. said he would walk to the home of his brothe r, which was just "down the drung'". A drung is a narrow land. He was going to see his brother to get a "bit of squattom". This meant he was going to get some partridge berry drink. The drink was made with par...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21650
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/21650 2023-12-31T10:19:14+01:00 drung image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21650 eng eng D Paula Flynn Eng. 340/70 FL 70-34 Southport, T.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15398 D_15398_drung n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21650 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 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z drung n . . . Mr. L. said he would walk to the home of his brothe r, which was just "down the drung'". A drung is a narrow land. He was going to see his brother to get a "bit of squattom". This meant he was going to get some partridge berry drink. The drink was made with partridge berries. My informant does not know what else was added . . . but he did not think it was without a bit of liquor! JH 7/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 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
drung
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description drung n . . . Mr. L. said he would walk to the home of his brothe r, which was just "down the drung'". A drung is a narrow land. He was going to see his brother to get a "bit of squattom". This meant he was going to get some partridge berry drink. The drink was made with partridge berries. My informant does not know what else was added . . . but he did not think it was without a bit of liquor! JH 7/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used
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title drung
title_short drung
title_full drung
title_fullStr drung
title_full_unstemmed drung
title_sort drung
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21650
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
Paula Flynn Eng. 340/70
FL 70-34 Southport, T.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15398
D_15398_drung n
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