frankum

frankum The difference between Mirr (Myrrh) and Frankum. Myrrh oozes out of the Vir tree (Fir). It is a great cure for cuts and bruises. Frankum is hard It has to be cut from the Spruce Tree with a knife. It is good fror chewing. Fathers who were in the woods cutting logs use [sic] to bring "fr...

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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/22731
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/22731 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 frankum image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22731 eng eng F Cather ine O'Brien 67-14/140, Salvage (from grandfather, 90, who heard it from his father -1880) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14777 D_14777_frankum http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22731 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z frankum The difference between Mirr (Myrrh) and Frankum. Myrrh oozes out of the Vir tree (Fir). It is a great cure for cuts and bruises. Frankum is hard It has to be cut from the Spruce Tree with a knife. It is good fror chewing. Fathers who were in the woods cutting logs use [sic] to bring "frankum" home as a treat for children. See cited quotation DNE-cit JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used In the cited quotation, 6th line, it appears that the typist used an underscore instead of an open square bracket and then simply re-typed the open square bracket over the underscore. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
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
frankum
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description frankum The difference between Mirr (Myrrh) and Frankum. Myrrh oozes out of the Vir tree (Fir). It is a great cure for cuts and bruises. Frankum is hard It has to be cut from the Spruce Tree with a knife. It is good fror chewing. Fathers who were in the woods cutting logs use [sic] to bring "frankum" home as a treat for children. See cited quotation DNE-cit JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used In the cited quotation, 6th line, it appears that the typist used an underscore instead of an open square bracket and then simply re-typed the open square bracket over the underscore.
format Manuscript
title frankum
title_short frankum
title_full frankum
title_fullStr frankum
title_full_unstemmed frankum
title_sort frankum
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22731
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 F
Cather ine O'Brien 67-14/140, Salvage
(from grandfather, 90, who heard it from his father -1880)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14777
D_14777_frankum
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