grass widow

grass A woman who is left alone while her husband is away is often refered [sic] to as a grass widow. I have heard this used at home in Bay Roberts as well as St. John's. I first heard this from my grandmother and she said it was very common in her childhood. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Not used Wi...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28752
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/28752 2023-12-31T10:18:43+01:00 grass widow image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28752 eng eng G Ruth Dawe, 69-31/22 Bay Roberts, C.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16500 G_16500_grass http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28752 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 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z grass A woman who is left alone while her husband is away is often refered [sic] to as a grass widow. I have heard this used at home in Bay Roberts as well as St. John's. I first heard this from my grandmother and she said it was very common in her childhood. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn Typed. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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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
grass widow
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description grass A woman who is left alone while her husband is away is often refered [sic] to as a grass widow. I have heard this used at home in Bay Roberts as well as St. John's. I first heard this from my grandmother and she said it was very common in her childhood. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn Typed.
format Manuscript
title grass widow
title_short grass widow
title_full grass widow
title_fullStr grass widow
title_full_unstemmed grass widow
title_sort grass widow
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28752
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 G
Ruth Dawe, 69-31/22
Bay Roberts, C.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16500
G_16500_grass
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28752
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