alexander

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3894

alexander n Another word frequently used by Cartwright I found to be common here, and that is "alexander" applied to a plant used as a pot-herb. Mrs. Grant at once pointed it out to me, and said that she always gathered it when it was young and tender and cooked it as greens. I was somewhat chagrined to find that the identification I had made of "alexander" in editing Cartwright's Journals was an erronous one, but I am glad to have this opportunity to/ correct it. It is not, as I supposed, the cow-parsnip, - a very common plant here, - but a smaller plant of the same family known as "Scotch lovage." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I Used I Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Tue 29 Jul 2014; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.