habit, a

habit A habit, as I understand it, is much like a professor's gown. . It was black, blue or white depending on the person who died. The gown was floor length and made of linen. It had long loose arms. It had a belt of similar material. The person who was waking was dressed in his best clothes a...

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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/32643
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/32643 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 habit, a image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/32643 eng eng H Calvert, Karl Sullivan, 70-27/18 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12928 H_12928_habit, a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/32643 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 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z habit A habit, as I understand it, is much like a professor's gown. . It was black, blue or white depending on the person who died. The gown was floor length and made of linen. It had long loose arms. It had a belt of similar material. The person who was waking was dressed in his best clothes and the gown was put on over the clothes. In my grandmother's day it was called a habit. in my mother's time gown was being used as a substitute for the word 'habit'. JH 12/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used 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
habit, a
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description habit A habit, as I understand it, is much like a professor's gown. . It was black, blue or white depending on the person who died. The gown was floor length and made of linen. It had long loose arms. It had a belt of similar material. The person who was waking was dressed in his best clothes and the gown was put on over the clothes. In my grandmother's day it was called a habit. in my mother's time gown was being used as a substitute for the word 'habit'. JH 12/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used
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title_short habit, a
title_full habit, a
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title_full_unstemmed habit, a
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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 H
Calvert, Karl Sullivan, 70-27/18
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12928
H_12928_habit, a
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