_jagoes_

jagoes _Folk Language_ [PT]JW _jagoes_ ([PT]) alders, small birch, spruce or fir branches about one inch in diameter at the butt used for firewood in stoves such as the Ideal Cook Stove used in most homes where I grew up. Brigus is a village in Conception Bay nestled among hills on which grows the k...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38475
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Summary:jagoes _Folk Language_ [PT]JW _jagoes_ ([PT]) alders, small birch, spruce or fir branches about one inch in diameter at the butt used for firewood in stoves such as the Ideal Cook Stove used in most homes where I grew up. Brigus is a village in Conception Bay nestled among hills on which grows the kind of vegetation I have name here. Jagoes were used as fuel for cooking and heating. Today woodstoves have been replaced by oil and electric stoves. Yes DICT CEN. DNE-cit Not Used Not Used Withdrawn [see 'jaygoe Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 18 Sep 2015, stamped but not used, Nfld. FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside collected by

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