dogwood

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21865

dogwood The cross on which Christ was crucified was made from dogwood. Because of this the dogwood has not grown straight or to a large size since. Another reason for this is that when you cut dogwood you can see red streaks in it. i.e. [image]. This was said to be a sign of the blood of Christ. I found this story in Port aux Basques, [reverse] Cape Ray, and among men in Construction Camps from the Northern Peninsula, Deer Lake, and Bonne Bay. Also, it was known at Richard's Hr. At Port aux Basques I remember hearing it one summer while I was working on the highway - cutting brush etc. It was an older man who told us this; the other workers from Port aux Basques had heard it before. I remember the children telling me about at Cape Ray when I was teaching. In a Construction Camp conversations are about everything and some time during one of the two summers I remember hearing the story. Most likely it was sparked off by the fact that we sometimes cut brush, i.e., dogwood. V C 2 DNE-cit OCT 31 1967 [check] Used I Used I Not used DOGBERRY Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 21 Jul 2016, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, reverse side not yet scanned