gifts

gift The white spots which you sometimes see under your fingernails were called _gifts_. The rhyme about them was - "Gift in your finger sure to linger Gift in thumb sure to come. My grandmother told me she always watched this thng and it was perfectly true. G. M. Story JAN 1972 JH JAN 1972 Not...

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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/30285
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/30285 2023-12-31T10:18:26+01:00 gifts image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30285 eng eng G Myrtle Ackerman, 71-4/3 Templeton, B.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16074 G_16074_gift http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30285 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 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z gift The white spots which you sometimes see under your fingernails were called _gifts_. The rhyme about them was - "Gift in your finger sure to linger Gift in thumb sure to come. My grandmother told me she always watched this thng and it was perfectly true. G. M. Story JAN 1972 JH JAN 1972 Not used Not used Withdrawn Typed.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
gifts
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description gift The white spots which you sometimes see under your fingernails were called _gifts_. The rhyme about them was - "Gift in your finger sure to linger Gift in thumb sure to come. My grandmother told me she always watched this thng and it was perfectly true. G. M. Story JAN 1972 JH JAN 1972 Not used Not used Withdrawn Typed.
format Manuscript
title gifts
title_short gifts
title_full gifts
title_fullStr gifts
title_full_unstemmed gifts
title_sort gifts
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30285
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
Myrtle Ackerman, 71-4/3
Templeton, B.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16074
G_16074_gift
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30285
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