_flummedum_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland; North West River
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27754

flummy n When I taught in North West River, I heard of a concoction made up by trappers called a 'flummedum'. Many of the men we trappers and stayed in 'tilts' or rough cabins in the woods for weeks at a time. They made their own meals and one was a mixture of flour, salt, butter and sugar that they called 'flummedum'. The original 'flummedum' was mixed in the morning before the trapper went out to his trapline. He rolled it up in [Reverse] a long string, wrapped it around the funnel of hi stove , banked the fire, and left the flummedum to bake. Today the term is used to poke fun an any unusual or strange - tasting meal. Particularly so, if it doesn't turn out too good. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I Used I Modified version of slip contents used in DNE I. NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. Reverse side of card in F_15485.