dressed up in the _fools_

fools n This is a greyish green hair-like substance which grows on dead branches of trees (especially the fir) and sometimes on rocks. My informant says that as a child he and his friends used it to make whiskers and eyebrows, very often for cloth or brown paper masks, when they "dressed up in...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25074
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/25074 2023-12-31T10:19:11+01:00 dressed up in the _fools_ 1970/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25074 eng eng F FL 193 67-6 William Hamlyn (father) Nov. 28/66 St. John's West References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15638 F_15638_fools n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25074 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z fools n This is a greyish green hair-like substance which grows on dead branches of trees (especially the fir) and sometimes on rocks. My informant says that as a child he and his friends used it to make whiskers and eyebrows, very often for cloth or brown paper masks, when they "dressed up in the fools" at Christmas and went from house to house much as children do now at Halloween. DNE-cit JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 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
dressed up in the _fools_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description fools n This is a greyish green hair-like substance which grows on dead branches of trees (especially the fir) and sometimes on rocks. My informant says that as a child he and his friends used it to make whiskers and eyebrows, very often for cloth or brown paper masks, when they "dressed up in the fools" at Christmas and went from house to house much as children do now at Halloween. DNE-cit JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I
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title dressed up in the _fools_
title_short dressed up in the _fools_
title_full dressed up in the _fools_
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title_full_unstemmed dressed up in the _fools_
title_sort dressed up in the _fools_
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25074
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
FL 193 67-6 William Hamlyn (father) Nov. 28/66
St. John's West
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15638
F_15638_fools n
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