gardens

garden To a great extent Old Perlican was left to the women from Spring to late Fall but the gardens were never neglected up to the time when Newfoundland joined in Confederation with Canada, the men might be seen in the gardens in May plowing the ground and _setting_ potatoes, digging in the cabbag...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29392
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/29392 2023-12-31T10:18:22+01:00 gardens image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29392 eng eng G 1977 BURSEY Undaunted Pioneer 39 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13407 G_13407_garden http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29392 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 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z garden To a great extent Old Perlican was left to the women from Spring to late Fall but the gardens were never neglected up to the time when Newfoundland joined in Confederation with Canada, the men might be seen in the gardens in May plowing the ground and _setting_ potatoes, digging in the cabbage _gardens_ and making agriculture easier for the women to do. Then the women were happy to look after the gardens and do any other work that fell to their hands. And those were the good old days and no one complained so long as there was a cow in the barn, milk and butter on the table, a pig or young bull to kill in the early winter. Old Perlican was a land flowing with milk and . . . vegetables. G. M. Story JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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gardens
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description garden To a great extent Old Perlican was left to the women from Spring to late Fall but the gardens were never neglected up to the time when Newfoundland joined in Confederation with Canada, the men might be seen in the gardens in May plowing the ground and _setting_ potatoes, digging in the cabbage _gardens_ and making agriculture easier for the women to do. Then the women were happy to look after the gardens and do any other work that fell to their hands. And those were the good old days and no one complained so long as there was a cow in the barn, milk and butter on the table, a pig or young bull to kill in the early winter. Old Perlican was a land flowing with milk and . . . vegetables. G. M. Story JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I
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title gardens
title_short gardens
title_full gardens
title_fullStr gardens
title_full_unstemmed gardens
title_sort gardens
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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
1977 BURSEY Undaunted Pioneer 39
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13407
G_13407_garden
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