mar follitin

mar falten _Mar follitin_. In Elliston, Trinity Bay, on April I until noon, people get up early in order to 'own' as many people as they can. They creep up on somebody and say: "Mar follitin" (Good morning, valentine). The person so addressed ("owned") must give a small...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/40444 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 mar follitin image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40444 eng eng M Elliston, T. B. Boyd Trask, 68-24/ no no. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13210 M_13210_mar falten http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40444 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z mar falten _Mar follitin_. In Elliston, Trinity Bay, on April I until noon, people get up early in order to 'own' as many people as they can. They creep up on somebody and say: "Mar follitin" (Good morning, valentine). The person so addressed ("owned") must give a small gift to the one who 'owned' him. As a boy I tried to own all my relatives first; I was sure of getting a gift from each of them. Even the old-folk did this, although there was not much gift-giving among them. _Slip is Valentine_ DNE-cit JH 6/71 [see also 'mar farten'] 'Mol Fol' 'faulten' 'own' (Warren Canning) 'fauton' Used I Used I 2 Used I good morning, falten, fauten; mar fallaten, falten, farten, fauten, voleten; mol fol; All 'mar falten' cards have been redigitized under V, headword 'valentine n'. This card has been redigitized as V_13384; V_13383-13402 filed between V_12924 and 12925 in V drawer, Source listed as C 68-24 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
mar follitin
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description mar falten _Mar follitin_. In Elliston, Trinity Bay, on April I until noon, people get up early in order to 'own' as many people as they can. They creep up on somebody and say: "Mar follitin" (Good morning, valentine). The person so addressed ("owned") must give a small gift to the one who 'owned' him. As a boy I tried to own all my relatives first; I was sure of getting a gift from each of them. Even the old-folk did this, although there was not much gift-giving among them. _Slip is Valentine_ DNE-cit JH 6/71 [see also 'mar farten'] 'Mol Fol' 'faulten' 'own' (Warren Canning) 'fauton' Used I Used I 2 Used I good morning, falten, fauten; mar fallaten, falten, farten, fauten, voleten; mol fol; All 'mar falten' cards have been redigitized under V, headword 'valentine n'. This card has been redigitized as V_13384; V_13383-13402 filed between V_12924 and 12925 in V drawer, Source listed as C 68-24
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title mar follitin
title_short mar follitin
title_full mar follitin
title_fullStr mar follitin
title_full_unstemmed mar follitin
title_sort mar follitin
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40444
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 M
Elliston, T. B. Boyd Trask, 68-24/ no no.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13210
M_13210_mar falten
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