jigg

jig n In Lord's Cove, if anyone had a 'ravel' (a piece of thread or string) on his or her clothes, people would say that this was the sign of a 'jigg' for him or her - this means that whoever it was who had the ravel, would get a date. JH 8/71 DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 4...

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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/37913
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/37913 2023-12-31T10:19:15+01:00 jigg 1971/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37913 eng eng J Marjorie Fitzpatrick, 69-13/31 Lord's Cove References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13797 J_13797_jig n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37913 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z jig n In Lord's Cove, if anyone had a 'ravel' (a piece of thread or string) on his or her clothes, people would say that this was the sign of a 'jigg' for him or her - this means that whoever it was who had the ravel, would get a date. JH 8/71 DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I JIGGER, TOMMY NOGGIN, between the jigs and the reels Checked by Adrian Young on Tue 09 Jun 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 05 Aug 2015 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
jigg
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description jig n In Lord's Cove, if anyone had a 'ravel' (a piece of thread or string) on his or her clothes, people would say that this was the sign of a 'jigg' for him or her - this means that whoever it was who had the ravel, would get a date. JH 8/71 DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I JIGGER, TOMMY NOGGIN, between the jigs and the reels Checked by Adrian Young on Tue 09 Jun 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 05 Aug 2015
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title jigg
title_short jigg
title_full jigg
title_fullStr jigg
title_full_unstemmed jigg
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publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37913
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation J
Marjorie Fitzpatrick, 69-13/31
Lord's Cove
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13797
J_13797_jig n
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