John's Night

john1n The night of December twenty-sixth was known* as John's Night. The same procedure was followed for all the Johns on that night as was done on the two previous nights. This was known as the three days of Christmas. *Custon of the Micmac Indians of Conne River. [Informant said that these p...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38663
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/38663 2023-12-31T10:19:20+01:00 John's Night 1973/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38663 eng eng J Edward Cokes, 69-6Ms/224 Informant - Clayton Collier Conne River References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13260 J_13260_john1n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38663 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z john1n The night of December twenty-sixth was known* as John's Night. The same procedure was followed for all the Johns on that night as was done on the two previous nights. This was known as the three days of Christmas. *Custon of the Micmac Indians of Conne River. [Informant said that these practices have not been practised in the last 60 years] JH JUL 1973 JH JUL 1973 Used I Not Used Withdrawn [see also 'Noel's Night', Steve's Night']john bull, bull-bird, ice-bird, john casey, hurt pudding, john down, noddy Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 06 Oct 2015, john1n in DNE with different comb. 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
John's Night
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description john1n The night of December twenty-sixth was known* as John's Night. The same procedure was followed for all the Johns on that night as was done on the two previous nights. This was known as the three days of Christmas. *Custon of the Micmac Indians of Conne River. [Informant said that these practices have not been practised in the last 60 years] JH JUL 1973 JH JUL 1973 Used I Not Used Withdrawn [see also 'Noel's Night', Steve's Night']john bull, bull-bird, ice-bird, john casey, hurt pudding, john down, noddy Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 06 Oct 2015, john1n in DNE with different comb.
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title John's Night
title_short John's Night
title_full John's Night
title_fullStr John's Night
title_full_unstemmed John's Night
title_sort john's night
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38663
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 J
Edward Cokes, 69-6Ms/224
Informant - Clayton Collier Conne River
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13260
J_13260_john1n
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