father-giver

father-giver The titles "maid of honour" and "best man" were unknown. The chief attendants were the "father-giver" and the "mother-giver", and the other attendants, if there were any others, were dubbed "bridesgirls" and "bridesboys". The &...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/24187 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 father-giver image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24187 eng eng F 1972 MURRAY Traditional Role of Women 171 Elliston References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13326 F_13326_father-giver http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24187 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z father-giver The titles "maid of honour" and "best man" were unknown. The chief attendants were the "father-giver" and the "mother-giver", and the other attendants, if there were any others, were dubbed "bridesgirls" and "bridesboys". The "father-giver" was a cross between the "father" and the "best man"; he performed both duties. .when the minister asked "who giveth this woman" he responded, but he still stayed in his position and "supported" the groom. However, he did not carry the ring, the groom himself had this. W. Kirwin, 3/73 JH 3/73 DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I 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
father-giver
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description father-giver The titles "maid of honour" and "best man" were unknown. The chief attendants were the "father-giver" and the "mother-giver", and the other attendants, if there were any others, were dubbed "bridesgirls" and "bridesboys". The "father-giver" was a cross between the "father" and the "best man"; he performed both duties. .when the minister asked "who giveth this woman" he responded, but he still stayed in his position and "supported" the groom. However, he did not carry the ring, the groom himself had this. W. Kirwin, 3/73 JH 3/73 DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I
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title father-giver
title_short father-giver
title_full father-giver
title_fullStr father-giver
title_full_unstemmed father-giver
title_sort father-giver
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24187
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
1972 MURRAY Traditional Role of Women 171
Elliston
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13326
F_13326_father-giver
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