habit

habit This was a garment in which a corpse was waked and buried. It was a Catholic custom, and I think had a special blessing. I only remember seeing them folded, and I think they were mostly brown, with light blue for young people, and they had a medallion sewn on the breast. There was a house I pa...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34239
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/34239 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 habit image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34239 eng eng H Avalon JH 7/70 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12927 H_12927_habit http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34239 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 2023-12-04T11:29:24Z habit This was a garment in which a corpse was waked and buried. It was a Catholic custom, and I think had a special blessing. I only remember seeing them folded, and I think they were mostly brown, with light blue for young people, and they had a medallion sewn on the breast. There was a house I passed on my way to school-/on Gower Street- which had a sign in the window: Habits made here". [see also 'winding cloth' 'stroud', 'winding sheet'] JH 7/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used 'winding cloth', 'stroud', 'winding sheet' Card is stamped DNE-cit but there is no evidence of the information on the card in entries for 'habit' or 'stroud'. 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
habit
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description habit This was a garment in which a corpse was waked and buried. It was a Catholic custom, and I think had a special blessing. I only remember seeing them folded, and I think they were mostly brown, with light blue for young people, and they had a medallion sewn on the breast. There was a house I passed on my way to school-/on Gower Street- which had a sign in the window: Habits made here". [see also 'winding cloth' 'stroud', 'winding sheet'] JH 7/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used 'winding cloth', 'stroud', 'winding sheet' Card is stamped DNE-cit but there is no evidence of the information on the card in entries for 'habit' or 'stroud'.
format Manuscript
title habit
title_short habit
title_full habit
title_fullStr habit
title_full_unstemmed habit
title_sort habit
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34239
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
Avalon JH 7/70
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12927
H_12927_habit
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