Grass widow

grass A lady who attends a party unaccompanied by her husband. Heard from mother, Elizabeth Trask, housewife, aged 76. I guess the saying was handed down from her parents and grand- parents. I learned of it in about 1925. Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn Typed.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31425
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/31425 2023-12-31T10:17:58+01:00 Grass widow image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31425 eng eng G Boyd Trask English 340, 67/68 Elliston, T.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16499 G_16499_grass http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31425 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z grass A lady who attends a party unaccompanied by her husband. Heard from mother, Elizabeth Trask, housewife, aged 76. I guess the saying was handed down from her parents and grand- parents. I learned of it in about 1925. Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn Typed. 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
Grass widow
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description grass A lady who attends a party unaccompanied by her husband. Heard from mother, Elizabeth Trask, housewife, aged 76. I guess the saying was handed down from her parents and grand- parents. I learned of it in about 1925. Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn Typed.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/31425
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
Boyd Trask English 340, 67/68
Elliston, T.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16499
G_16499_grass
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31425
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