horses' poops

horse When we were children we often found ripe mushrooms which were brown and contained spores. Those puffballs when squeezed would emit the spores with a cloud of dust. . we were not aware that they were ripe puffballs, but instead called them "horses' poops" because it was supposed...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34388
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/34388 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 horses' poops 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34388 eng eng H Marcus Hopkins, 70-15/151; Heart's Content, T.B. Gander Bay References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16619 H_16619_horse http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34388 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z horse When we were children we often found ripe mushrooms which were brown and contained spores. Those puffballs when squeezed would emit the spores with a cloud of dust. . we were not aware that they were ripe puffballs, but instead called them "horses' poops" because it was supposed that they had been"pooped" by horses often found grazing on the hillsides. Some of the less sophisticated boys called them "horses farts". DNE-cit JH 10/71 Not Used Not used Withdrawn ['horse-fart'] Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 20 May 2015, stamped but not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives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
horses' poops
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description horse When we were children we often found ripe mushrooms which were brown and contained spores. Those puffballs when squeezed would emit the spores with a cloud of dust. . we were not aware that they were ripe puffballs, but instead called them "horses' poops" because it was supposed that they had been"pooped" by horses often found grazing on the hillsides. Some of the less sophisticated boys called them "horses farts". DNE-cit JH 10/71 Not Used Not used Withdrawn ['horse-fart'] Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 20 May 2015, stamped but not used
format Manuscript
title horses' poops
title_short horses' poops
title_full horses' poops
title_fullStr horses' poops
title_full_unstemmed horses' poops
title_sort horses' poops
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34388
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
Marcus Hopkins, 70-15/151; Heart's Content, T.B.
Gander Bay
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16619
H_16619_horse
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